EDUCATION REPORT

Hawera Star, Volume L, 29 July 1930, Page 9

EDUCATION REPORT

CRITICISAI CORRECTED

(By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, July 28. The attention of the Minister of Education ’ (Hon. H. Atmore) was drawn to a report of the remarks ot the chairman (Air. A. Burns) at a special meeting of the Auckland Education Board held last week to consider the education report, in which it was stated that the proposed change in administration “had been decided solely on the advice of Air T.. B Strong (Director of Education), who tried to do the same thing three years ago,” and “that he knew the report had been written by two members of the staff of the Education Department.”

The Alinister stated that, he had taken the earliest opportunity of telegraphing Air. Burns, informing him the report was not written by any members of the Education Department, nor had the proposed change in administration been decided on the advice of the director. “Voluminous evidence was received by the committee,” said Air. Atmore, “and this and personal investigations by a committee enabled it to arrive at the unanimous conclusions recorded in the recommendations now before the public.” Air. Atmore added that in hundreds of speeches he delivered throughout the Dominion months before the Education'Committee was set up he personally advocated unification of control and many other reforms, and the committee had unanimously arrived at its conclusions upon the- weight of evidence. The members of the new boards that would be formed would hold more, dignified and useful positions as they would control three phases of education.