AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION.
Mr W. McLeod, 8.A., cf Tinaru. hit
the nail right oil tho liead when he stated that agricultural instruction would ho of no real value until it was carried 011 through the secondary schools and the Universities. This is practically what both the Education Commission and the Cost of Living 'Commission have recommended. It follows as a matter of course that
there should be an :ntemediary between the primary school, the College there should bo an intermediory besuppliod by the Agricultural High Schools, as recommended hv the Education Commission. , No such ychools as these exist in New Zealand, nor can they exist until the law is amended. is to be hoped!, however, that the Education Committee of tho House of Representatives will see the necessity .for making provision for Agricultural High / Schools as , well for Colleges. High Schools with an agricultural bias are quite out of the quosJtion, though we are aware that they j were advocated by the Inspector-flen- ; eral when Mr Fowlds v:ts Minister of | Edueaotion. We believe Lord Islington could give us a few hints on this subject to-day if he were so deposed i . —■
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10716, 10 September 1912, Page 4
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190AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10716, 10 September 1912, Page 4
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