RAISING THE SCHOOL AGE
EFFECTS BEING INVESTIGATED (By Telegraph—Press Association) WELLINGTON, This Day. Information concerning the effects of the raising of the permissive school entry age from five to six years is being collected at present by education boards at the request of the Education Depart, ment. From the investigation of boards it is expected that the department will be in a position at tho beginning of the next school year to gauge faialy accurately the decline in school attendance, and to what extent staffing and other economies can be made as a result. It is estimated by the Minister of Education, the Hon. R. Masters, that the raising of the school age to six years will result in an annual saving of about £120,000. The National Expenditure Commission estimated that the saving would be only £II,OOO, but the commission merely took into account capitation to the education boards £2OOO, and incidental grants to school committees £9OOO.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 21 June 1932, Page 4
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