JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS.

Otago Witness, Issue 3610, 22 May 1923, Page 61

JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS.

SOME INTERESTING INFORMATION. WELLINGTON, May 16. The presidential address was delivered this morning at the annual conference of the Secondary Schools Assistants’ Association by Mr E. Caradus. He dealt almost solely with junior high schools, summarising the position as the result of information he had obtained from America, Canada, and Great Britain. Ho stated that in all countries, except Canada, the primary course terminates at 12 to 13 years. The junior high school, as a try-out school, is peculiar to the United States, and in a minor degree to Canada. The recommendation of the North Central Association was that in smaller towns a junior high school should not exist as a separate unit, but junior and senior high schools should form a single unit. The United States favours a comprehensive high school, embracing all curriculums (academic and vocational). Scotland, on the other hand, - inclines to separate day schools for vocational purposes. England is the only country which favours the separation of the sexe® in secondary schools. The system in operation in Scotland and Quebec with primary, intermediate, and high schools in one institution seems the ideal, providing there are suitable alternative courses at the intermediate stage.