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OVERCROWDING IN SCHOOLS

CRITICISM OF SIZE OF CLASSES

(P.A.) AUCKLAND, May 7. Trenchant criticism of overcrowding in schools and the incidence of large classes was expressed by Mr H. Binsted, representing the New Zealand Educational Institute, at the Education Conference, which opened to-day. He said the contrast made by the provisions laid down for the housing of children and those for animals was appalling. A stock breeder had told him recently that if we gave half as much thought to the health of children as to animals we would soon have a race of stalwarts, added Mr Binsted. “The policy of educational reconstruction is long overdue in New Zealand,” said the president of the Auckland Headmasters’ Association (Mr R. A. Watson), who said the tendency to consolidate small 'schools into large schools and large schools into still larger schools was a feature common to bureaucracies and quite contrary to democratic ideology. He would venture to suggest that in New Zealand they had in some measure lost touch with democratic education which emphasised character, citizenship, and the development of each individual’s talents and the continuation of education in adulthood.

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Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24869, 8 May 1946, Page 8

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OVERCROWDING IN SCHOOLS Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24869, 8 May 1946, Page 8

OVERCROWDING IN SCHOOLS Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24869, 8 May 1946, Page 8