Salient. Official Newspaper of the Victoria University Students' Association. Vol 41 No. 26. October 2 1978
The State of the System
The State of the System
Let's look at the evidence. In July of this year the Department of Education published "Educational Standards in State Schools", a report commissioned in July 1977 by the Minister of Education. Drawing on reports of inspectors and other departmental officers, research conducted in dome specific fields and various other recognised sources, it is already proving a valuable source document in the continuing debate over the aims and conditions of New Zealand education. Its findings are summarised below. (Thanks to Education News for doing some of the hard slog for us).