SCHOOL LEAVING AGE
EXTENSION BY ONE YEAR ACTION DURING COMING SESSION. PROMISED BY MINISTERS. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, May 11. The raising of the school leaving age by a year was forecast by the Minister of Education, Mr Mason, at the opening of the diamond jubilee meeting of the New Zealand Educational Institute. The measure would come before Parliament at the coming session. Other countries had raised the leaving age above that in New Zealand. New Zealand was behind in adequate school buildings and the requisite number of teachers, but if they waited for both buildings and teachers they would wait i a long time. The Government had therefore resolved to remedy the situation, and before the year was out the change would be made. The Prime Minister, in his address, agreed with Mr Mason, and said the step would have to be taken. First the age would have to be raised to 15, and then to 16. The teaching profession would have to put up with the disadvantages of overcrowding till new buildings could be built and mor& teachers trained. .»■ ’ '
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 May 1943, Page 2
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