EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM.
IS IT TOO ACADEMIC? THE MINISTER’S OPINION. NOT IN TUNE WITH LIFE. (By "t cleeraph—Press Association ) WELLINGTON, Wednesday. Addressing the Secondary Schools’ Association, the Minister of Education, Hon. 11. Atmore, unhesitatingly declared that the present system of education was too academic. It was not sufficiently in tune with life, as the boy or girl would have to meet it. The present system was no reflection on the teachers. Governments had to take full responsibility for the educational policy, and he would tako full responsibility for his policy when he declared It. A system would have to be devised to meet New Zealand’s needs.
He repeated hi- previous attitude that agriculture would have more attention. The importance of getting the best trained possible could not be emphasised too thoroughly, he" said. When speaking of training colleges, consolidation in country districts was mentioned by Mr Atmore as part of his policy, also a reduction in the size of classes.
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Waikato Times, Volume 105, Issue 17711, 15 May 1929, Page 8
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