SCHOOL AGE
ADMITTING CHILDREN ATTITUDE OF NELSON BOARD STATEMENT BY MINISTER (Per United Press Association.) Wellington, July 30. The Minister of Education (the Hon. R. Masters) stated to-day that he had given consideration to the representations of the Nelson Education Board that there existed a right to admit to schools at the beginning, of the term children who would attain the age of six during that period, provided they were not placed on the roll. “There is no doubt,” said Mr Masters, “that the manifest intention of the Legislature was to restrict the age of admission to six years, and that being so, I feel that the boards should and will respect such an intention. At the same time I appreciate the fact that, provided they are not placed on the roll, the existing law does not preclude children from attendance at the beginning of the term during which they attain the age of six should the boards decide to admit them, From the point of view of continuity of work, I can see that there are certain advantages in the suggestion that children should be allowed to enter the school at the beginning of the term during which they reach six, but if they are so admitted I feel that it should be done by Act of Parliament. I have no doubt that I shall have the co-operation of the boards in giving effect to the expressed intention of the Legislature.”
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Southland Times, Issue 21774, 1 August 1932, Page 8
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242SCHOOL AGE Southland Times, Issue 21774, 1 August 1932, Page 8
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