DAUNTING PROSPECT
It was “frightening” to think of what would be required of teen-agers in 50 years’ time, considering the present pace of progress and the changes they had already had to face in recent years, said Dr. P. J. Lawrence, reader in education, University of Canterbury, to members of the National Council of Women.
He was discussing the possible raising of the school leaving age to 16, and the group of young persons who would be affected by it. At least while they were kept in school there was a chance of them gaining further knowledge, and becoming more mature and ready to take their places in society, he said.
The group that left school as soon as it could was the one that dropped right out Of reach of further educational influence. “Often it is just this group that will later cause trouble in society. “We have an obligation to educate these children—especially these children. If we do not, we create later problems for ourselves,” said Dr. Lawrence.
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Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30395, 20 March 1964, Page 2
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