MATHEMATICS IN SCHOOLS
Teaching May Be Made More Attractive The teaching of mathematics in schools will be made more attractive if efforts of the Christchurch Teachers’ College are successful. The Canterbury Education Board’s Cranmer school and training college committee at its last meeting discussed the question of teaching mathematics, and it was felt that more might be done to raise the general standard. “Girls’ schools particularly,” said a report presented to the board yesterday, have extreme difficulty in getting mathematics-teaching staff and perhaps, because industry and Gov-’ ernment departments attract many of the mathematically able, many other schools are not as strongly staffed in as they might be. Lack mJSS 11 ! 1 ® 8 i or 1116 of mathematics teachers would seem to be a Zt . wa s oroposed to extend the facilities for the training of nrimarv teachers in this field ” S P number of pupils sidetrack for school certificate.” said Mr R. K. Milne, chairman of the committee, when the report was bem&i£ 1S $ usse< k “ The ?. dod 8 e mathematics for other subjects,” he said.
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Press, Volume XCI, Issue 27612, 19 March 1955, Page 2
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