N.Z. Vocational

NZ Truth, Issue 1211, 14 February 1929, Page 6

N.Z. Vocational

Training

MO one will dispute the fact ' that m this age of competition "square pegs m" round holes" are only impediments to progress m business, art and m every other walk oi life. But to admit that is 'no contribution towards a solution. Much is being done to fit boys-^-and girls— for the battle of life by' the Education authorities, but one of the biggest factors m the retardation of any scheme which has for its aims the principle of '" The right man m the right job" is theecononiic position of the country. On the basic wage \t is seldom possible for the laboring man to send his sons to secondary schools.

Many parents find it necessary to send their sons out to earn what they can as soon as they reach school-leaving age: — hence the evil of the blind-alley job. But allowing for all these consi derations much can be done to place lads m congenial occupations if parents will take the trouble to study the temperament and aptitude of their sons when considering the all-important question: ""What, will we make of him?" But it must also be remembered that the boy. himself has a right to some say m determining his future career.