FREE TEXT-BOOKS IN SCHOOLS

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21701, 7 February 1936, Page 22

FREE TEXT-BOOKS IN SCHOOLS

PROVISION FOR NEEDY Cuß - . REINSTATED a l||l ! The Minister for Education* vMm> Hon. Peter-Fraser) has decided JaaMi instate the provision of free tqd«§l|Bf for pupils in secondary district high schools, and fttU-ttqeJra|' pupils in technical high schools I|Hk parents are not in a positiod TOjH|i vide books, according to adweiijßMlll ceived by the Canterbury BAmmHR Board. A memorandum front partment states that parents idKlH|' to take advantage of this iami''M§should apply to the principals tfl|i schools, who are required to npkißli necessary enquiry into the stances and then report to the baHB If the board approves of the agptimM turns free test-books may be supplllff§ and claims for a refund of the <flßp made to the department #i§ It, is emphasised that PUrd«f*f should be made at as low a'cosep»:l possible, and that where a schooliflgi a system of exchange of secondMßgl,, books advantage should be it to reduce the cost of the -3M» supply. When a pupil has no farfMHiL need for a book supplied by the Gff§!' ernment it is to be handed toSSm" the school. >JHff Text-books only, and not statiaDflK are granted under the free sa&j&F&Mi