Minister Kailuo naturally understood what Arthur was worried about.
Although there had not yet been many incidents of capital exploiting the people in Australasia, this was largely the result of the government's efforts and policies.
In areas beyond the reach of government policy, capital's exploitation of the people certainly existed. It was simply less obvious and severe.
Compulsory education, universities, and technical schools were basically the three major pillars of Australasia's education system.
But it had to be admitted that these three pillars had greatly helped improve education and were important reasons for the success of Australasia's education policies.
Now that the policies on universities and free education had been settled, the only matter left to determine was essentially the construction of technical schools.
After free education was extended through the high-school stage, the policies concerning technical schools would also have to undergo certain changes.
After all, when given a choice, most people would certainly want to attend high school rather than a technical school.
With free education extended through high school, the number of university students would even increase considerably.
This also meant that technical schools would become less popular, and the number of skilled workers trained each year would correspondingly decrease.
To maintain the number of skilled workers, it was necessary to appropriately raise their wages and social status.
Doing so would be complicated; it was not something the Ministry of Education could handle alone. To properly resolve the problems surrounding technical schools and skilled workers, a Cabinet meeting on the matter was essential.
July 24, Cabinet meeting.
At Arthur's indication, Minister of Education Kailuo reported the problems concerning technical schools to the Cabinet Government, sparking heated discussion among the Cabinet Ministers.
As a matter of fact, technical schools were still very important to Australasia at present.
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