HIGH SCHOOLS BOARDS
“Numbers May Defeat Ends” There was a danger with the increasing number of post-primary school boards which had access directly to the Education Department that the department could be bogged down and the objects of the boards would be defeated, the principal of the Christchurch Teachers’ College (Mr G. Guy) said yesterday. He was speaking at a meeting of the Christchurch Boys’ High School Board of Governors.
“I think that it is a great move to have boards separately constituted with direct access to the department,” said Mr Guy. But the danger -was that the increasing number of boards would bog down the department and the boards would be defeating their own ends. It could be better for the South Island if a separate branch of the Education Department were set up, perhaps with headquarters in Christchurch. It would be similar to the branch of the department established in Auckland. With the number of boards, with the increasing number of post-primary schools, boards could be forced to amalgamate. Boards should have plenty of power, the more the better, said Mr Guy. Mr Guy, who is the GovernorGeneral’s representative on the board, said that it would be the last meeting of the board he would attend. He was not available for reappointment.
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Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28529, 7 March 1958, Page 8
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