CHANGE IN EDUCATION
MINISTER ADMITS NEED Press Association WESTPORT, Thursday. The Hon. H. Atmore, Minister of Education, made a tour of schools in Westport and the mining townships to-day. This evening he was accorded a civic reception. Discussing the education needs of the country the Minister said the system must be changed to meet the changing needs of the pecfple. The individual aptitudes of children must be considered so that they would have mental equipment in keeping with their splendid physical equipment. Dealing with junior high schools, the Minister said he did not like the term, as it suggested distinctions and snobbishness. He preferred the term secondary education.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 653, 3 May 1929, Page 8
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108CHANGE IN EDUCATION Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 653, 3 May 1929, Page 8
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