Education

Plea For Technica

For The Fijians

THE “balanced scheme of p primary education,” propose the Director of Education, c not be more opportune.

Extended technical educatio: long overdue in Fiji as in most p of the Pacific. Too great an empl has been placed on academic edi tion.

Those whose catch-cry has 1 “political emancipation” for un developed countries overlook the that teaching the know-how of ing things is of more import! than preparing them for wl collar jobs. Good craftsman and pride in a job well done qualities sadly lacking everywl Before Mr. Lewis-Jones’ posals come into fo~ce—and accepted—Fijian opinion must appealed to. Those who drean political power as the ultimate r realise that for every leader Sukuna there should be thouss of carpenters, good farmers, other craftsmen.