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Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 102, 2 May 1925, Page 11

Many of the Auckland school committees comment mi th» scanty allowanon that the Kducnlion Department makes for the upkeep of the primarr schools. ■ The allowance* are found quite inadequate, ami murh money lms Ito Ik- raised annually liy voluntary efTofTrt. Possibly . the. grants are iti- | tended to leave a niarpin for initiative 'and enterprise, and the £ for £ subsidy, of course. encourages this: but the staie !of the (.'rounds at the less well-kept : schools proves lliat the spirit of self- ; h.-lp i- h.v no means as universal an could lie desired. One school with a. roll-c*ll of 4110 had manaped to raise £:iS during the year, and tins lias been pnid to the hoard for subsidy-earning purposes. The school in question has received an excellent inspector's report, and has acciiimulnted property inside the school buildi inj2 on which the insurance amounts to I £350.