SCHOOL ENTRANCE AGE
STATEMENT BY HEADMASTERS. (Per United Press Association.) Christchurch, June 14. “A prolonged controversy will serve no good purpose but we shall continue to further the cause of the child and its primary education as well as the interests of teachers, acting as they do independently,” say the Auckland headmasters in a final statement in reply to the Hon. R. Masters in the school entrance age controversy. Teachers say the public is crying for small children’s admission to schools, that the welfare of schools is being seriously affected by continuous transfers of teachers and that a great majority of the children must suffer serious loss of schooling because of the present law which is the most undesirable interference with the splendid system of primary education. The teachers also protest against the “un-called-for slur” cast on teachers by the Minister. They believe nobody is better able to judge the needs of the situation than the headmasters, who must be above suspicion as to their motives. They trust the Minister will admit their sincerity in the matter and acknowledge their claims on behalf of the children.
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Southland Times, Issue 22350, 15 June 1934, Page 6
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