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Thursday, October 1, 1970
Of the remaining three-quarters, after eliminating pre-school
children, housewives, the aged, and so on, perhaps at a rough guess half
wore economically active
giving a rough ratio of less than two economically-
active persons for every young person for whom instruction had to be provided.
"There may be places which, in the face of a similar adverse ratio,
are succeeding in making the educational provision we are contemplating, but
I do not think there are many," the Governor said.
Money was not the only problem. Progress depended on time, effort
and money
not on money alone. The move forward was necessarily a matter
of short, but significant and co-ordinated steps "against the resistance
of very large numbers."
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