EDUCATION NEEDS
MINISTER'S REPLY TO CRITICS.
Replying to a deputation to-day, the Minister of Education (the Hon. J. A. Hanan) said that in some quarters vicious attacks had been made on him because some of the proposals for additions to playgrounds, new schools, and additions to existing buildings had not been ru<shed into operation. His colleagues in Cabinet, who knew of his efforts on behalf of education, would know how manifestly unfair such criticism was. No Minister could get his own way in everything he proposed in Cabinet; each had to be loyal to his colleagues. To provide for all the improvements proposed in the education field it would take £1,000,000, expended over a period. In one breath some persons were against exemption, of teachers from military service, and in the next breath they asked for a reduction in the size of classes^ in the schools. Throughout the Dominion there was an acute shortage of teachers. In order to carry out some of the proposed reforms it would be neces6ary to have an adequate supply of properly trained teachers. This could not be achieved in a day. Moreover, concluded the Minister, he was not responsible for the present condition of things.
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Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 41, 16 August 1918, Page 8
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201EDUCATION NEEDS Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 41, 16 August 1918, Page 8
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