Johnson Report findings disputed
Of almost 2700 Submis- (Wellington’s “shortsions oh the Johnson Report | sightedness and lack of only 427 were opposed to sex education in primary schools, the Canterbury Education Board heard yesterday. Mrs N. Johnson asked how the Minister of Education (Mr Wellington) could justify his statement that “the public are sb sharply divided on the issue that it wduld be disastrous for the Government to implement the report’s proposals,” when Only 16 per cent of the submissions were against sex education. Mrs Johnson said that Mr
understanding of the needs of society” warranted the strongest objection. “It would appear that a well organised, short-sighted minority has b6en able to influence the Minister to the point where he appears to have chosen t 6 ignore, the comments of 83 groups and organisations,” she said. A motion was passed that the board write and ask Mr Wellington to release the whole report and analysis so that it could judge for itself whether his decision was warranted.
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