TECHNICAL CONFERENCE RESENTS STATEMENT.
Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, August 22. A strong protest was made at the Technical Education Association Conference to-day in regard to a statement in the majority report of the Syllabus Revision Committee, which, it was claimed, reflected on technical schools throughout the Dominion. On the motion of the president, Mr H. S. W. King (Auckland), it was resolved: “That this Conference emphatically protests against the statement made in the report of the Syllabus Revision Committee, page 16, that the institution of Technical High Schools has created among children distinctions which are educationally unsound and socially undesirable, and asks that those responsible for such statements should be required to make an explanation.” Mr J. H. Howell, Director of Wellington Technical College, read a letter from a professor, whose son had attended a technical college for ’ over three years. The letter expressed appreciation of what had been done at the College, and satisfaction at the results achieved. The statement in the committee’s report was put down to foolishness, or ignorance. Other delegates alleged that the statement was made through envy, jealousy and prejudice.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18548, 23 August 1928, Page 6
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