SCHOOL-LEAVING AGE
“The question of the age at which children leave school is one that is exercising the Department of Education at present, especially in view of the demand for juvenile labour,” said Dr C. E. Beeby, Director of Education, in the c< urse of an address to school teachers in Invercargill last night. He added that it was not within his province to say whether or not the school-leaving age was to be raised, as that was a question for the Government. i Before the school-leaving age could 1 be raised three problems would have j to be solved—the shortage of teachers, the shortage of schools, and the kind of education that was to be given to children of a non-academic turn of mind. Throughout New Zealand 66 percent. of the school children went on to post-primary schools. In Dunedin the •percentage was 78. Most of the children who did not at present go to postprimary schools probably belonged to the non-academic type, but it should not be beyond the wit of man to devise a course that would be suitable for them if the school-leaving age were raised to, say, 15.
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Southland Times, Issue 24422, 30 April 1941, Page 4
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