ECONOMY IN SCHOOLS

Grey River Argus, 2 April 1932, Page 2

ECONOMY IN SCHOOLS

Education Board SUBMITS ALTERNATIVES. WELLINGTON April 1. Following the special meetini»s held for the purpose ot discussing in detail the findings and recomm-endat ons of the National Expenditure in so far as they affect primary education, the Wellington Education Boarr. has forwarded to the Government through the chairman, a letter conveying the Board’s decisions. The Board, it states, is prepared to approve of th? economies set out in the letter, totalling £250,000, but it is stated that the services referred to arc essential to modern education and should be restored as soon as the Dominion is in a position to afford them. In another letter, the Board strongly condemns the proposals to abolish the nine education bpards, and the proposal to control primary education by a central advisory board. The letter says that th-* system of unification of education might however very well be considered, with a view to effecting economies.

The proposal for the abolition of the Dunedin and Wellington training colleges is the subject of another letter. If it is found necessary to reduce the cost of running the training colleges the letter rays, each college should bear its proportion of the amount it is desired to save.