PROPOSED KAITAIA HIGH SCHOOL.

Northland Age, Volume 19, Issue 34, 24 November 1921, Page 6

PROPOSED KAITAIA HIGH SCHOOL.

The School Committee, Kaitaia, addresses the following appeal for support to the people of the County. The Committee of the Kaitaia School desires to secure the suppprt not only of parents but also of, all those interested in education of the younger generation, and to this end would point out to you:— 1. The qualifications necessary for a pupil to be admitted to a Free Place in the District High School. 2. The advantages to be gained by a secondary education. Qualifications: —A pupil is qualified to be a Junior Free Pupil if 1. He is the holder of a Junior National Scholarship, or of any other scholarship that the Minister may approve for the purpose, or if 2. He has qualified for a Free Place in the Junior National Scholarship Examination by receiving a sufficient ntimber of marks, or if 3. Being not over fifteen years of age on Ist December preceding the date of his admission to a Free Place, he has obtained a Certificate of Proficiency in Standard vl, with the proviso that any pupil who by reason of age is not qualified for a Free Place under this paragraph (3) may be admitted to a Free Place in a District High School within six months after obtaining a Certificate of Proficiency. Such a Junior Free Place is tenable until the pupil's seventeenth birthday, or for two years. At the completion of this period on passing the Matriculation, Public Gervice Entrance, or Intermediate Examination, or on obtaining an Intermediate Certificate on the recommendation of the Headmaster, he becomes entitled to free education until his nineteenth birthday. Standard VI pupils who are not qualified for Free Places may be admitted on payment of a fee of ten shillings a quater. Advantages:—ln strongly recommending you in the interest of your children to take the fullest advantage of the privileges afforded you by your country in the matter of education we beg to draw your attention to the following considerations:— 1. The day is now happily past when a Standard vi education is considered a sufficient preparation for life-work. Secondary education is the key to the best positions in life for boys and ‘ girls. 2. The war has taught us the muchneeded lesson that if a nation is to succeed in the competition with others it must be thoroughly prepared, and the higer the standard of education the more possibility there is for a state of thorough preparedness. 3. All over the world the necessity of securing a higher standard of education than was formerly considered sufficient is recognised by all classes of society. The ideal is nownolonger“education for all and secondary education for a few” but “primary education for all and secondary education for all.’’ We in New Zealand cannot afford to lag behind the rest of the world. 4. The District High School aims at fitting boys and girls for life, not merely the narrow aim of “ how to earn a living” but “how to live.’’ Mere industrial efficiency is not enough - Something fuller and richer is required in order to render our boys and girls industrially and socially efficient. 5. There are also the ulitarian adventures to be considered. Pupils are prepared for various public examinations, the Public Service Entrance at the end of two years, and the Matriculation and Class D Teachers’ Examination at the end of three years. A scholar who matriculates gets , preference over others when entering the teaching profession. He is also entitled to enter the Training College or the University. Moreover, the passing of examinations is not the sole aim. Boys are taught Agriculture, Woodwork, and Dairy , Science, and girls, Home Science Cookery, Dressmaking, aud Laundry Work.

We look with confidence for your sympathy, co-operation, and support in this matter, and would respectfully urge you to send your son or daughter to the High School when it re-opens in February next. Early applications is advisable, as a large number of pupils intend to enrol in 1922.