NATIONAL EDUCATION.

Taihape Daily Times, 4 April 1918, Page 4

NATIONAL EDUCATION.

~ Our Wellington correspondent, writing on March 3, states:—The'deputation from the New Zealand Education "institute which waited upon the Hon. J. . Hanan yesterday with a number of ■recommendations for the improvements in the education system of the Dominion obtained little encouragement from the Minister except-in theway of fair words. The deputation wanted improved buildings and ground, more inspectors, medical and dental, inspection and treatment, compulsory continuation classes, central schools and additional staffing. Mr. Hanan admitted that all these things were highly desirable and promised that "when Cabinet gave him the opportunity"—meaning, it may be supposed, the legislation and the money—he would see they were brought about. Meanwhile the Efficiency Board, the military authorities and private employers are criticising unsparingly the finished products of the national system of education and urging that much needed reforms should not be delayed till after the war. They are insisting, indeed, that they are among the sorest needs for the welfjjjre and stability of the country. W*