School-Leaving Age
Sir, —Mr McCombs's case for raising the school-leaving age seems to me to be neither consistent nor practical On the one hand, he urges that the talented pupil be fully extended, and on the other he would have all secondary oupils kept at school another year, thereby raising the pupil-teacher ratio and swelling the ranks of "reluctant learners." and so making things much more difficult for the teacher who is trying to extend his gifted pupils Of course, if grammar schools were reserved for the 15 per cent who are academically inclined and able to profit by university education, while the other 85 per cent, were placed in technical and secondary modern schools, as is done in England. the unfortunate consequences I have mentioned might be avoided But would Mr McCombs favour this solution? Finally, is it practical to keep at school a child of 15 who has so far shown no ability or inclination to learn? —Yours, etc, G H D June 17. 1962
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Press, Volume CI, Issue 29851, 18 June 1962, Page 3
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