SCHOOL AND THE WORKADAY WORLD

Evening Star, Issue 21714, 8 May 1934, Page 6

SCHOOL AND THE WORKADAY WORLD

CONTINUOUS CONTACT ESSENTIAL BALANCING SKILLED LAIOUR MARKET [Pee United Press Association.] WELLINGTON, May 8. In his presidential address to tho annual conference of the New Zealand Technical School Teachers’ Association to-day, Mr T. L. James reminded his bearers of the need for contact between the school and the world of work, and pointed to some of the ways of cooperating, and to the benefits accruing therefrom. A present time thought was that the schools must take a long view of a pupil’s possible career, and advise accordingly. The smart pupil was the one who would benefit most by continued education, yet h© was the one who would best fill a vacant position. There was danger, therefore, in this time of uncertainty, in the desire to secure employment. ' Mr James also referred to the breakdown in the apprenticeship system. He said the status of a tradesman should not depend on the number of years spent at a trade, but upon the standard of attainment. He said that when vocational guidance became general the vocational guidance officers, would _ be able to do something as practical economists toward keeping the supply of various kinds of skilled labour equal to the demand. '