Education for Farming.
Of the 5000 candidates who sat for matriculation, only about 1000 passed, and of those successful passes only about 10 per c r ent took up professions requiring the matriculation test, said Mr B. P. Andrews a t a meeting of the Bayf of Plenty School Committees’ Association. There was thus a huge loss of effort. To take the place of matriculation it had been decided at the Tauranga District High School to introduce next year the agriculture course for boys and courses embracing domestic science, cookery and allied studies to fit girls for the home. The syllabus would include practical subjects such as general farming practice, with instruction in tobacco, citrus culture, calf rearing, and the erection of farm buildings.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXIV, Issue 927, 23 November 1933, Page 10
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124Education for Farming. Star (Christchurch), Volume LXIV, Issue 927, 23 November 1933, Page 10
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