AIDED SCHOOLS
A DIFFICULT PROBLEM.
Tho problem of the education of the children growing up in the remote parts of the district, especially the Sounds, is one surrounded with much difficulty. There are over forty of such, schools in the district. The allowance of £6 per child, does not under existing conditions secure the services of a trained teacher; yet the interests of the child must be safeguarded. The Wellington Education Board, in its annual report, urges a reconsideration of the matter with a view to effectivo remedy, either (1) by incrcaso of the capitation to something approaching the capitation payable on account of secondary pupils, or (2), alternatively, to establish schools with living- quarters to meet the special needs of these remote districts. As against the disadvantage of separation from their homes, there is the positive advantage of the intellectual stimulus of numbers, and also that of the more efficient training to be obtained at. the hands of a trained staff. Tho provision, for part-time ecliooU doee not here meet th« requirement*.
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Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 98, 25 April 1917, Page 8
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173AIDED SCHOOLS Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 98, 25 April 1917, Page 8
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