EDUCATION SYSTEM
A PRACTICAL BIAS
(By Telegraph—Press Association.)
11 CHRISTCHURCHr This Day. : Gradually,^ by the introduction of more facilities for practical training, the system of education in New Zealand is being changed. ; In the past, paramount importance has been placed upon the academic side of school training,. ■-. ■■;■-■•*■ ;■•-.., ■. ■ •. -:
The Minister of Education (tho Hon; E. Masters), speaking at the official opening of' the Shirley Intermediate School, indicated that his Department had already broken away from that tradition; and .without underestimating tho value of and necessity for academic training, was planning to establish a more practical form of. education than New Zealand had previously known. Agriculture, for instance, would be taught in agricultural' districts, and mining in mining districts.
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Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 49, 27 February 1934, Page 9
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117EDUCATION SYSTEM Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 49, 27 February 1934, Page 9
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