N.Z. SCHOLARSHIPS.
Recently the Minister for Education (Hon. C. J. Parr) was asked whqiher he could make better arrangements for the allocation of scholarships to country children who wore at a disadvantage as compared with city cbildreaH. The Minister Mien said that the country clukLeu had the advantage 111 the imt that the aggregate 01 marks requited m their case was iU per cent-. Jess it.cm that required in dups where xLe schools were neuer siahed and ih© equipment- was superior. The question was revived om nhe Mlhinst. by Mr J. A N 1 (i 1 A erstou North), and in reply the Minister said that lie Jiao been making some inquiries and found that there were, some shortcomings in the working of the regulations. 11 had now 'been decided to rescind the regulations! and allot a dofinjite number of .scholarships to country schools. He mentioned that 25 scholarships would now be definitely and specifically allotted to all schools of Giad'es 1.11, and HI.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LI, Issue 8095, 21 September 1922, Page 3
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