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THE MEMBER FOR EDUCATION. T?v Telegraph—Press riinistcimrch, Tuesday. Tlki I [mi. .F. A. H:\mui passed through li'Vi' this i;njr;!i::j,', Sjioaking of his work Kin<:(! he took ollice, he said that there were many directions in which enquiries would have to be prosecuted in the public interest. Tin; main quegtion was whether -the State was getting value for the money spent on education. He would like to know if a higher standard of efficiency could he secured by the better co-ordina-tion of the administrative powers of the education boards and other local bodies. Their finance and possible overlapping might profitably be enquired into, and there should be an improvement in the syllabus, and the extension of agricultural instruction. Mr. Hanan mentioned also the teaching methods in the standards and in the secondary schools, the promotion of teachers, the centralisation of rural schools, and the scholarship system, as proper questions for further enquiry.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 204, 8 May 1912, Page 5
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152MINISTERIAL Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 204, 8 May 1912, Page 5
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