THE PRIMARY SCHOOLS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20104, 24 March 1928, Page 7

THE PRIMARY SCHOOLS

CHANGES IN SYLLABUS STATEMENT BY DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION. [ Special "Chronicle*- Sen-ice. ] AUCKLAND, March 23. Substantial changes in the present primary school syllabus brought into operation in New Zealand next year, according to Air T. B. Strong, Director of Education, who is at present visiting Auckland. This will necessarily mean the purchase of new books by parents, and Mr Strong issued a warning to pa\'nts not to incur unwarranted expense this year by buying text books which might become unnecessary. Air Strong said it was generally realised that the present system, which had been in operation for several years, needed modernising. A proposed new syllabus had recently been drafted by the primary schools syllabus committe, and this had been considered by the school inspectors in conference. The original report and the modifications proposed by the inspectors had yet to be considered by the Director himself, and later by the Alinister of Education.

Nothing had so far been made public regarding the proposed changes, Mr Strong said, but he understood that next month copies of the proposed syllabus would be sent to all teachers, who would then have an opportunity of considering the changes. “There is absolutely no necessity for new books in the primary schools this year. I think the parents should know this,” continued Air Strong. The Department was making all preparations for the new syllabus by warning the publishers not to print any more than the number necessary of the old books.