EDUCATION ECONOMIES
ASSISTING THE GOVERNMENT REDUCTION OF CAPITATION GRANT APPROVED [Per United Press Association.] WELLINGTON, April 12. The conference of secondary school boards to-day, presided over by Dr G. E. Thompson (Otago), considered the recommendations of the National Expenditure Commission so far as they affected education. The general feeling was that assistance should be given to the Government in the unenviable task it had to perforin. It approved of the reduction of the capitation grant as a temporary measure. A recommendation that there should be a more rigid system of examination for junior and senior free places brought forth a spirited protest by Mrs Barrer (Wairarapa), who said it would simply mean throwing on unemployment S people who would be better at . The only ones not to suffer would be the children of the rich and academically brilliant children. The proposal would simply mean a transference of expense from one department to another, and the country would benefit in no way. A short address on education economies was given by the Minister (Mr Masters).
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Evening Star, Issue 21075, 12 April 1932, Page 8
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174EDUCATION ECONOMIES Evening Star, Issue 21075, 12 April 1932, Page 8
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