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EDUCATION IN CEYLON

CHIEF INSPECTOR’S

Mr S. F. De Silva, Chief Inspector of Schools in Ceylon, will leave Christchurch today after several days examining many aspects of education and child welfare in Canterbury. His visit under the Colombo Plan was arranged to study manual training in particular, and he has seen much of this activity in New Zealand. Personally, Mr De Silva believes that Ceylon’s education system has been too academic, tending to Produce people who aid not appreciate the skill and needs of manual work. A change is being made, and practical work has been made compulsory in the schools. Agriculture is also likely to be introduced into the curriculum. “The land is crying out for attention, and increased food production is necessary for our, population of 8,000,000, which is increasing at the rate of 200,000 a year,” he (raid. “We consider that if practical skills are developed from an early age as part of every child’s education, the young people will go out into the world proud of their skill and capable of taking a practical job.” Academia positions were too few. Mr De Silva continued, so ,tiiat children should develop also ,in other lines indicated -by their abilities. It will be some time before we show results—perhaps five to 10 years—but we feel we are on the right lines. ’

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Press, Volume XC, Issue 27500, 6 November 1954, Page 2

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EDUCATION IN CEYLON Press, Volume XC, Issue 27500, 6 November 1954, Page 2

EDUCATION IN CEYLON Press, Volume XC, Issue 27500, 6 November 1954, Page 2