No coercion over school integration

Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33904, 25 July 1975, Page 3

No coercion over school integration

c Zealand Press Association\\ELIJN(ri ON. July 24. Ihe Private Schools Conditional Integration Hill, which prox ides lor the absorption of prix ate schools into the Stale education system under special terms, reflected the xiexvs ol all interested parties, the Minister of Education (Mr Amos) said in Parliament todax.

' During l in t her debate on the introduction of the measure. Mr Amos said there would be, voluntary integration, and no coercion would I take place to get private: ischools to integrate. I The special character of ; private schools would be projected in agreements reached | between them and the Minis- : her of Education during | negotiations on their Integra-' I tion. : Teachers in private schools: ■ would have to undergo a pro-' bationary period before their j qualifications were recogInised under the State sys-j item. But, he said, this repreI sented no change in the ■ position. Where transport to j schools was provided, pupils ' attending integrated and. I State schools would receive ' identical treatment. Mr Amos said he could not: I say when the bill would beIcome law, because he ex-. [ pected a wide variety of sub-

missions to the Education Committee, which would consider the measure. The bill was referred to the committee. “Listener” readers. — Ihe average weekly readership of the "Listener” rose about 45,000 during the 1974-75 financial year to 145,000, says the final report to Parliament of the N.Z.B.C. The magazine made a profit of $69,154, compared with a loss of $28,79.3 in the previous year.—(P.A.)