The School-leaving Age
“Thj; question of the age at which children leave school is one that is exercising the Department of Education at present, especially in view of the demand for juvenile labour,” said Dr. C. E. Beeby, Director of Education, in an address to school teachers in Invercargill. He added that it was not within his province to say whether or not the school-leaving age •-•’as to be raised, as that was a question for tbe Government. Before the school-leaving age could be raised three problems would have to be volvcd—the shortage of teachers, the shortage of schools, and the kind ot education that was to be given to children of a non-academic turn of mind. Throughout New Zealand, Gli per cent of the school children went on to post-primary schools. In Dunedin the percentage was 78. Most of the children who did not at present '.o to post-primary schools* probably belonged to the non-academic type, but it should not be beyond the wit of man to devise a course that would be suitable for them if the schoolleaving age were raised to, say, 15.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20547, 6 May 1941, Page 10
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