DOWN-GRADING
, .-.-., — » .. • . PRIMARY SCHOOLS ■''Eor some time' the executive has been increasingly.concerned over tho widespread , down-grading .of schools •whieh'is taking place, mainly as a'result- of ■ the 'exclusion of some 18,000 nve-year-oldsj" states "National Education," the organ of'the New Zealand Educational Institute.'' "Complete ■ figures are not available, but returns'from eight: of-the nine "education bOards'shbw that 179 schools will fall in ' giade- or sub-grade from. February 1 next, involving the transfer or dis-' missal of about 160 teachers.'' Commenting on the position, the journal: says editorially: "In.-no other branch of .tho service :ia there any parallel to the virtual dismissal of hundreds of teachers; the general lowering of salary standards ■ and the disorganisation of/schools which has resulted,'1 and. is resulting, from the Government '» action in drastically reducing''thel school population. "We believe that on grounds of equity and justice the,, situation s calls for immediate adjustment.," ' i
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Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 109, 5 November 1934, Page 10
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143DOWN-GRADING Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 109, 5 November 1934, Page 10
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