REMOULDING EDUCATION

Evening Post, Volume CIII, Issue 76, 31 March 1922, Page 2

REMOULDING EDUCATION

CONSIDERING THE COURSES.

In opening the conference of educational exports,- called to consider the remodelling of the courses, the Minister of Bdu- . cation (the Hon. 0. J. Parr) outlined the proposals' for a post-primary course as already explained in The Post. Too many pupils, ho said, went to the high schools where largely the old academic course was given. Many boys and girls were unfitted for that course, and should be given a more practical course, which, while mainly cultural, should have a decided bias towards their future vocations. He desired counsel from experts upon the • practical problem of drawing up tho nett' courses of instruction, and as to What equipment ; in the way of buildings and teachers would be necessary to make a start in somd of the main centres by February noxt. They muafc not slavishly follow the schools of other countries, but evolvo, by experiment and trial, something that would best meet the special need of bur o\Vu people. He proposed,- so -soon as their draft programmes were.ready, to consider them carefully with the officers of bis departrr.etlt and to submit them to tho various - Jidueational Institutes, and also to the administrative educational bodies. It was riecessary that all engaged in educational work should Understand tho modern tendencies, and should support- any larse ' changes likb that proposed. ' This could only be secured by the education of tha public and all oorcerned. The conference is continuing to-day.