NEW ZEALAND EDUCATION
“NOT LOWERED A SCRAP” Inspector’s Forthright Comment On Perambulating Overseas Critics A forthright reply to overseas critics who condemned the New Zealand education system was made by Mr L. le F. Ensor, M.A., B.Sc., senior inspector of post-primary schools, when addressing the annual meeting of the Matamata College Parents’-Teachers’ Association. “There have been many critics lately,” said Mr Ensor, “who come to New Zealand for a few weeks and then condemn the education system roundly. They have not visited our best schools nor discussed the matter with senior inspectors. If they had done so they would have a better understanding of the position.” Continuing, Mr Ensor said that he was convinced that the standard of education in New Zealand had not dropped one scrap. In reality it had been raised. The old matriculation examination was equal to the present school certificate and the new matriculation was a year in advance. In addition, there were still other pupils staying on in 6a. Thus the standard in the senior forms was rising and in the future the university should have scholars better prepared than in the past.
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Putaruru Press, Volume XXVI, Issue 1321, 17 March 1949, Page 2
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