N.Z. PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION
Mrs A. F. Johnson's Views (From Out Own ftepoTttr) TIMARU, March 28. She was satisfied that there was nothing wrong with preschool education in New Zealand, kindergarten buildings were as good as those elsewhere, and the programme was completely up to date, Mrs A. F. Johnson (Christchurch), a former Dominion president, told the annual meeting of the Timaru Free Kindergarten Association. Mrs Johnson, who attended the ninth assembly of the World Council for Early Childhood Education, in London, as the New Zealand, Government’s delegate in 1962, said that in New Zealand one of every five children between three and five attended kindergarten, compared with one in 20 in Britain. This was a reflection of the serious shortage of trained teachers, she said. Many private nursery schools had been set up in which children were accepted at the rate of £1 10s a week. The public nursery schools charged fees of about £8 8s a term, Mrs Johnson said.
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Press, Volume CII, Issue 30093, 29 March 1963, Page 2
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