EDUCATION SYSTEM
MINISTER’S PROPOSALS RETURN OF FIVE-YEAR-OLDS [ Per Preqp Association. J WELLINGTON, July 8. A possible modification and improvement in the education system, were mentioned to the Wellington School Committees and Education Federation to-night in an address by the Minister of Education, Hon. S. G. ►Smith. He announced that he intended to consolidate the education legislation to give careful consideration to the question of the rcadmittance of five-year olds to primary schools, and to review the staffing of schools by comparing the average roll number method with the average attendance basis. He hoped radio lessons to schools would be extended, and defended the accrediting system for proficiency certificates, and the extension of intermediate schools.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 158, 9 July 1935, Page 8
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114EDUCATION SYSTEM Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 158, 9 July 1935, Page 8
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