EDUCATION IN ENGLAND.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18194, 3 October 1924, Page 8

EDUCATION IN ENGLAND.

'■ ■ ■ WONDERFUL PROGRESS SINCE WAR. (■MCUL TQ "WJ AUCKLAND, Ootob«r 2. J Interesting features of the education syst«m in Great Britain were dismissed! by Dr. J, W. Mcllraith, inspector ti| the Auckland. Education Board, whftl arrived by tha Ulimaroa after ao sence of nine months from the fbunon. Jpj Dr. Mcllraith visited Britain _ to change with Mr G. TV. Buckle, inspefe| tor of Sheffield (England) who hrijjj been stationed at Auckland. The cation authorities in Britain d&;ao|| restrict. Dr. iVJoilraith to *peeifi«l diig tricts, and he was afforded exceptioSgfj opportunities ot' observing every aspe«| of education. During his atay of j| months, Dr. Mcllraith inspected a.Tj and secondary schools and lJniff|| sities in both' England and Sootl*B|| "Prom an educational point of vJJ|| England is interesting to New Z||| landers, and since the war educatjfflfjj has made great nrpgress in said Dr. Mcllraith. • 'English ers are novri among the most hiyjjg paid in the world, and the whole try seems to be one great laboratflffl of educational experiment. Only fH exigencies of finance keep the teMafig of higher education from being vridely diffused as is desirable. _ ?ij|| most among the interesting | insfHH tions are the central or junior hffgaj (schools, for pupils over the age '3|| 11. The industrial and artistic transf ing given at these schools merits tag highest praise. '''/ M "Education in New Zealand . w Wj|l probably benefit by the importation™ expert English teachers," Dr. jjaa Tlraith. He explained that possessed the greatest reaoqrc*s V'jjjg teaching talent in the world. It wH common to find fully certificated ,te«|| ers in England whose enthusiasm |||S| them to devote their leisure to tainment of greater proficiency. -ot| Government permitted every teaeher to draw tip his own syliMH|| It was possible for a teaoh*r tftJjj|| ceive annual increments to his sw*H| for 15 successive years, •- - ;?||