Education policy
Sir,—Mark Sadler (May 28) contended that the dominant philosophy in New Zealand education is based on the Marxist point of view. It has always been easy in New Zealand for the Right to rubbish points of view with which they disagree by such “reds under the beds” nonsense. Those of us who disagree with the approach of the present Minister of Education do not start with the contention that competitive examinations should be abolished. We start with the contention that we should have an education system which enables every young person to develop his or her potential. We quite reasonably come to the conclusion also, that it is educationally wrong to induce in such young people a sense of failure. That is not to say that children should not learn the limits of their own ability. —
Yours, etc., RUSSELL MARSHALL, M.P., Labour Spokesman for Education. June 18, 1984.
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