School ‘for basics’
The Employers’ Federation is opposed to the liberalisation of the trades certificate curriculum to allow for
remedial classes for pupils with language problems, said the president of the federation. Mr S. W. B. Duncan.
He said the place for teaching these skills was the primary and secondary school, not the technical in-
stitute where the apprentice was being paid wages by the employer to learn trade skills.
“Employers as taxpayers expect the general education system to equip all students with a base level of skills in
reading, writing, and arithmetic that will enable the employer to add the job skills on too.
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