OVERCROWDED SCHOOLS.
The promoters of the "Rkrhts of Childhood" campaign which was started recently in Auckland, held another j meeting in the Globe Theatre last even- j ing, -wtwn improved conditions for children and teachers were strongly advocated, the overcrowding in schools being particularly denounced. The speakers -β-ere Messrs. R. Harrison (president of the Auckland Headmasters' Association), G. T. Jone*. W. Murdoek, and E. Hunter Mr. Harrison said teachers had been constantly discouraged in their efforts to secure" better conditions. There was not a redeeming quality connected with out primary school education system, and there was nothing to make it a model for other countries. The school buildings were defective and lneanitary, they were overcrowded, inadequately staffed, and the furniture was disgraceful and poorly designed. Under such conditions proper education was impossible. Nothing less than 20ft of floor 6pace per school was required. A resolution, on similar lines to thapassed at the previous meeting, urging necessary Government action, was
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Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 53, 3 March 1919, Page 7
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