"ILLITERATE STUDENTS"
(N.Z. Press Assn.—Copyright) SYDNEY, August 3. Professor T. G. Hunter, of Sydney University, raised same eyebrows this week when he said at least half his students in chemical engineering were illiterate. “They can’t spell, they can’t write English that any educated person can understand, and .heir expression is poor,” he said. Professor Hunter said there had been a big deterioration in the last three or four years. He believed tae situation was so serious that all incoming students should be asked to write an essay, personal and business letters letters, take a dictation test and write a precis of a report. “If they can’t do it. I think they should be told they are not wanted at the university,” said the professor.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19620804.2.208
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume CI, Issue 29892, 4 August 1962, Page 18
Word Count
124"ILLITERATE STUDENTS" Press, Volume CI, Issue 29892, 4 August 1962, Page 18
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in