EDUCATION REFORM

Grey River Argus, 11 September 1930, Page 4

EDUCATION REFORM

Vocational Aspect TECHNICAL TEACHERS’ VIEWS. (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, September 10. I At the Technical Education Conference to-day it was decided: “That : while this Conference recognises tha | importance of agriculture as a subject, it is of the opinion that the curriculum of the post-primary school should be [based entirely on the special needs of the pupils and on the environment of this district. ’ ’ It was also decided: “That it is tho view of this Conference that alterations in the regulations governing the post-primary school examinations of the Education Department and of the New Zealand University would greatly promote the objects the Committee has in mind; and. particularly, is it desirable that Agriculture and Dairy Science be accepted as alternative subjects to Latin, Greek or Modern Foreign Languages, with an equal importance in marks value.’’