The Dominion. TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1933. THE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL

Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 262, 1 August 1933, Page 8

The Dominion. TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1933. THE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL

As a former Minister’ GovSmenfsolans 'for qualified to express an opl education system. » k be “ the points that the Bill which a - never been properly IMi r f ,"„ p d'“s .’he *° explained, and that tne new .i.-cnro-anisinff it in several ways, the existing system without sen X f: ect by the New Zealand According to' not referred to Educational Institute, t he B 1 House where the taking of evidence the Education Committee o :the House• v here q{ thc proposals ”■ lSC Sir l j n ame°s Parr SU and affected will sustain a drop in average attenda > . .< j r reflected in the reduced per capita incomes of “and there teaching staffs will have, to be reorganised on a new basis, and the WIU It may bTargued 5 that these results are inevitable in any scheme of reorSatlon g That is admitted, but if the changes to be made were pS Of a general reform of the whole system, anomalies and injustices could be provided for, and readjustments made with a minimum of delay or inconvenience.' As it is, the Department will be “gaged in an endless task in patching here and re-arranging there as one difficulty after another arises. In the end much needless expense and unrest will be occasioned The Minister and his Department would be far better advised to stop tinkering with old machinery and concentrate attention upon the long of the whole system from top to bottom. Mr. M £ st e« s impressions of recent developments and. improvements in the English system may cause him to revise his opinion as to-the merits of the scheme he has launched., . -