Improvement in Home Education Services
BIG ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES ANNOUNCED.
British Official Wireless. Received Wednesday, .7 p.m. RUUBY, Jan. 7,
Big administrative changes made necessary by the Uovcrnmcnt’s coming Bill for the raising of the school-leaving ago to 15 years and improvement of the education services arc announced. They include, firstly, re-organisation of the elementary schools to provide the extra accommodation required to remedy defective premises and reduce the size of classes; secondly, an increase from 500 to 560 in the number of State scholarships from secondary schools to the university and an increase in the value of each scholarship from £SU per annum to a figure not yet fixed. This will mean on the basis of an average course of three years that there will always be 1000 State-supported undergraduates at Universities. Thirdly, better provision for technical and art education.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 7, 9 January 1936, Page 7
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