EDUCATION AND ARTISANS.
(To the Editor.) Sir, —I was rather surprised at your latitude when dealing with the Minister of Education's recent remarks. Judging by the hackneyed parrot cry of "overcrowding of the professions," "lack of artisans," the Minister ■: is acting under instructions or is woefully lacking in the qualifies necessary for his position. Does he infer that a good education will make a poor artisan? Such has not been my «a<perience. Two or three years at t/io technical college or the high school is a big recommendation as a rule. It docs, however, make a youth that is at all ambitidus aware of better paid jobs with better conditions. Why does every artisan; that can afford it, do his best to ensure that his sons will not follow their father's occupation? Because, for one instance, a qualified girl typiste can earn more, taking the year round, than the average tradesman. If the Minister is sincere, let him start at Hie root ot the trouble. Make the artisan's pay mofe commensurate with his alleged importance; do away with the bugbear of unemployment; introduce a new system cf superannuation. There will be no lack of artisans under those conditions.—l am. etc..
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Waikato Times, Volume 100, Issue 16817, 8 June 1926, Page 6
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