BOYS' GORDON HALL,

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 45, 30 March 1914, Page 8

BOYS' GORDON HALL,

EDUCATIONAL WORK. The results and figures of the second year's working in conjunction with the educational authorities with regard to boys leaving the primary schools are now available, and the following is a brief summary of the work: —About April, 1913, enquiries were instituted in connection with some 308 boys who had left the primary schools in December of the previous year, and it was found that 36.7 per cent, had continued on at secondary schools, while 63.3 per cent, had gone straight to work. In December, 1913, the boys' work director visited some 25 primary schools in the district, and gave the sixth standard boys, wlio were about to leave a seven-minute talk upon the advantages of secondary education. The boys filled in a card giving name and address, and stating whether they expected to attend a secondary school 0 v go straight to work. The parents of the majority of the boys who were undecided, and those who expected to go straight to work,, were interviewed, and the opportunities and consequent advantages of secondary education were pointed out, with the result that 45.2 per cent, continued on at secondary schools and 54.8 per cent, went to work. This shows an increase of 8.5 per cent, for the schools, .and seems to prove that parents and boys only needs to be told of the opportunities that there are for secondary education in order to take advantage of them.