EDUCATION SYSTEM.
SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Last Nigfit. The annual meeting of the* New Zea* land Educational Institute opened tonight, delegates from all parts of the Dominion being present. Mr. F. H. Bakewell, senior inspector of schools, gave an address, expressing approval of the aims of ‘the Minister of Education, and expressing regret at the limited advance made. He advocatedi An extension of the school age to th® sixteenth year, followed by continuation classes to the eighteenth year, assistance being given to parents in necessitous cases; co-ordination of the different sections Of school work into a single coherent system; medical and dental inspection, followed by medical and dental treatment as a safeguard to the national health; improvement in the quality of school buildings and their environment; securing a sufficient staff of fully qualified teachers; control of child labor from the point of view of benefit to the child; supply of all school requiti'tes by the State as a component part of the system of national education; control of education in each locality by local eduealtion committees acting under the general direction of a National Education Board.
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Taranaki Daily News, 4 January 1921, Page 4
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189EDUCATION SYSTEM. Taranaki Daily News, 4 January 1921, Page 4
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