DEFICIENCY SHOWN
TEACHING STUDENTS
''OLLEG'E APPTJCANTS "I donl know whether 01 nol the uttraction offered lo teachers is enticing enough." remarked Mr. 0. A. Afaddison, chairman of the llawke.'s .Lay Kducalion Hoard, billowing the receipt of advico al y<sierday's meeting from the Departmen! of F.duenlion that' tho figures
supplied by education boards showed a deficiency 'in the number of pupils selected for the training colleges. Tho department's letter slated: "It. is obvious Hint the academic standard will have lo be lowered temporarily, ft is r.uggesiecl tlml the hoard invite applications from those with qualifications not lower than higher leaving certificate. !'• will not be possible lo fix a quota from each dislricl as Ihe deficiency will be made good from the Dominion as a w bole. h is proposed, therefore, that each board should receive applications, refer the applications to the selection committee and the school medical officer, and send each application with reports and comments to Ihe department for finaj selection." TTie letter was' received.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19248, 13 February 1937, Page 3
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