DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOLS

Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25679, 16 December 1948, Page 3

DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOLS

SUPPORT FROM COUNTRY PEOPLE URGED

The board’s investments in the district high schools this year were a challenge to the people in the country, said the chairman of the Canterbury Education Board (Mr A. E. Lawrence), reviewing the building expenditure for the year at a meeting of the board yesterday. “There has been considerable discussion on the drift from the country to the towns, but what are the country people doing about it?” he asked. “In our building programme for the year now closing we have provided £20,000 for a secondary department at the Temuka District High School, £17,500 for rebuilding and additoins at Lindon District High School, and temporary additions. and the promise of a new block at Fairlie District High School.

“These district high schools can be made the strongest and most influential educational institutions in the country. It remains to be seen whether the board’s interest in the country is justified, or whether the country people themselves are not prepared to contribute by their support for the board’s, effort to take secondary education to the country, rather than bring the country children into thp town for their education.” There was no reason why the district high schools should not now go forward, said Mr A. McNeil. More equipment was now available, and there were facilities for the interchange of teachers with high schools.