A STRONG INDICTMENT.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXX, Issue 3432, 25 January 1912, Page 5

A STRONG INDICTMENT.

ACAINST EDUCATION SYSTEM. HISTORY NEGLECTED.

[per press association.] WELLINGTON, Jan. 24 A strong indictment against the Education system for its neglect to have history taught seriously was made in the report of the University Senate today. . The report states that the chil-. dren in. the primary schools do not learn history properly. Considering it either unimportant dr distasteful they drop it as a subject in their subsequent education whenever they can. Til© teachers, as a body-,., have up to the present, never learned history, and are therefore unable to teach it adequately; hence the people of this Dominion are growing up in ignorance not only of the history of the world in general, but even of the traditions of the nation, of which they form a part; an ignorance of that knowledge and culture, which is the very foundation of citizenship and patriotism. The committee recommended, that in the primary schools history should be a compulsory pass subject for all higher standerds for free places and certificate of proficiency examination:?', and for all school-leaving certificates examinations. In secondary schools every pupil should learn history. English history and civics should be a compulsory subject in the scheme of construction for both junior and senior free places and for all examinations connected with these, schemes. The. committee also emphasised University requirements.