Post-Primary Education

Northern Advocate, 30 November 1948, Page 3

Post-Primary Education

The days of being schooled in the three Rs, and little else, and then having to enter the world of industry, trade or commerce at the age of 13 or 14 are over.

Times have changed gonsiderablv during the past 15 years, almost any boy or girl with average intelligence can now leave school at the age of 15, secure in the knowledge that he or she has some preliminary training for the career about to be taken up. An interesting booklet has recently been published by the Vocational Guidance Centre in Auckland and issued under authority of the Educational Department.

The title of the booklet is “Next Year?” and sets out in easy form some information for boys and girls about to leave primary and .intermediate schools. It is designed to help parents and children make the choice which will affect the rest of their lives. Lists of post-primary courses available in the Auckland Province, and a detailed survey of each course, together with enrolment dates, is included. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE Courses available for girls include: —Art, arts and crafts; commercial; senior business; homecraft, home-life, home science and nursing; Horticulture and agriculture; and for boys Agriculture; art; business and accountancy; industrial, manual, technical; professional, academic and science.

Details for the examinations for the various studies are given, and some information as to financial assistance is explained. There are certain basic subjects set down as essential—six in number—but in some courses only eight subjects are required which can be chosen from up to 34. With the modern trend of education in the primary and intermediate schools as a foundation, this follow-up in post-primary work should be within the reach of any adolescent.