TEACHING OF HISTORY.
MINISTER NOT SATISFIED.
(PBS3S ASSOCIATIOS TELEGEiK.) AUCJKLA.NI>, June 14. The . Hon. C. J. Parr, Minister of Education, speaking at Newmarket, said that for some years history has not been given the serious treatment in I the primary schools which its importance demands. In the last syllabus it Was made a compulsory subject ,_ but.the examination is; not a written cno; it is merely oral. "We want ,an assurance ; that. every New Zealand, boy. aud girl is getting sound instruction in the history ot Great Britain and New Zealand, and. wo propose that written questions "shall' be 'put Which will elicit answers giving a f;iir idea of the pupils' knowledge. •'Children will not be Bible to grow as good citizens, understanding" their full rights and the privileges, of the freedom thoy enjoy, unless they learn how the nation came to win those battles and sacrifices of our ancestors who secured for -us the blessings of freedom which we enjoy to-day. They must know something of.the .history of tho Motherland to understand 'and appreciate this." It was also intended that- children, should be taught something of the history and growth of New Zealand, which was full of interest.
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 18100, 16 June 1924, Page 6
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198TEACHING OF HISTORY. Press, Volume LX, Issue 18100, 16 June 1924, Page 6
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