SCHOOL EXPERIMENT
VOCATIONAL TRAINING PROBATIONARY SYSTEM (Special lo I In* Herald.) NAPIER, this day. The results of an experiment cr;alucted at the Napier Intermediate School in regard to vocational guidance were contained in a report placed before the Hawke’s Bar Education Board yesterday from the i headmaster. Mr F. R. Slevin. In several cases where pupils < f the school had been placed :n positions in a probationary system the tnipil had been so adept at the particular work that he or -he had been retained by the employer. The experiment had been conducted with the assistance of Mr. 11. Dyson, placemen.* officer at Napier. “The report has removed most of the objections made bv the ’ ah-m-Dcpartmcn’." •arr! the .ecrrtarv. Mr. W. L. Dunn. "The two main pom's are undercutting of wages .and compensation in ease of Occident*. The department agrees that the experiment is a vwv fine thing if the objections could-be overcome." Mr. Dunn pointed out that the decision of .‘he department was bein" awaited. Mr. G. A. Maddison. chairman, com mented that the experiment - '•cry valuable on’" end he b-ned f K o department would b- ab’o tV cjw ire wav clear to recognise the work.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20074, 21 October 1939, Page 8
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198SCHOOL EXPERIMENT Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20074, 21 October 1939, Page 8
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