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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13722, 11 April 1908, Page 8

Mr. .Vowlds, speaking in Wellington, said that an outcry had been raised that the Education Department was attempting too much and overcrowding the syllabus ; yet he had numbers of people coming to him with special schemes for all kinds of —musical education, scriptural instruction, temperance teaching, and quite a large number of other subjects, quite sufficient, in fact, to take up all the time of the school-children without touching the other branches of education in the syllabus. On the other hand he was advised to cut out about half of what was already provided. In the circumstances, it would be impossible for him to make rash promises regarding the recently-raised question of ambulance instruction to children of State schools. He was not sure that much success could be attained in that direction, but possibly something could be done in the secondary schools among both boys and girls. It would, however, be an excellent thing if the teachers in the Stale schools could be induced to take lessons in first aid, for it would be most important in case of accidents, Which did occur in schools, to be equipped to , render the necessary assistance. Ho was thankful that a good many had already taken the classes, and he noped the number would extend until it .covered all the teachers.