SCHOOL PUPILS’ PENS

Press, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 27052, 29 May 1953, Page 3

SCHOOL PUPILS’ PENS

CHOICE MADE BY HEADMASTERS

. The choice of writing materials used in primary schools was made by the headmaster concerned, and was not determined by the Education Department, said an officer of the department when a complaint made by the parents of a Christchurch school pupil was referred to him yesterday The parents said that in the last three years ' with each new class and with changes of teachers during the Year, their daughter had been instructed to write with an ordinary nib, then with a fountain pen. Her class was then allowed the choice of any inc , ludin « the ball point variety, but a few months later her class teacher insisted on the use of fountain pens, and would not allow ban point pens to bp used. At the start of the present term, with a change of teacher the class had been ordered to use ordinary writing nibs. The department officer said the Ktoa tS nJ*e thCy 7 elt that th€y w ere V ndue expense, or that their daughter's work was not being ™£ r £ Ved u y Ranges. should consult the school headmaster from whom, he was sure, they would receive courteous and satisfactory treatment