GRAMMAR IN SCHOOLS
Papanui Board
Discussion
As an upshot of Christchurch Secondary Schools’ Council discussions this week on the need for grammar teaching, the chairman of the Papanui High School Board (Mr D. Prestney) asked how much of this formal teaching was given in the school.
The headmaster (Mr E. Fancy) told the board that he would not like to answer “off the cuff" but he knew the head of English was “strong on grammar" and had upset some student teachers by his stringent remarks on errors they had “perpetrated.” “I am glad he did." said Mrs C. C. Holland, who is chairman of the professional committee of the Canterbury Education Board. “There has been a very sad lack of grammar teaching from the primary schools upwards in recent years,” said Mrs Holland.
“Judging by some of the TV commercials. I wonder whether any grammar is taught at all,” said Mr R. H. Truscott.
Mr Fancy said the board might see a sign of the times in the increasing number of grammar questions asked in the School Certificate examination.
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Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30763, 29 May 1965, Page 22
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