CANNOT BE DIVORCED

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 136, 9 June 1926, Page 10

CANNOT BE DIVORCED

ECONOMICS AND EDUCATION.

That the economic question closely concerns educationists was the emphatic opinion of the Hon. B. A. Wright, who •was present at this morning's meeting of the Council of Education. In spite of several opinions recently expressed to the contrary, stated the Minirter of Education, it was quite impossible to divorce the two subjects. The -ost of education had risen from 12s a head m the 'eighties to &3\ per head at the present time. It was no use complaining, because costs had risen and every year found more children wanting education, but thoughtful people were asking whether or not the system would stand the strain, but he could assure the council that whatever sum Parliament saw fit to grant him for educational purposes would be spent to the £eet advantage. The Minister also pointed out that the average skilled or unskilled workman had but little money left after paying his rent and for the bare necessaries of°life, so When his son or daughter Teached the sixth standard and gained a proficiency certificate the question of earning a living at once came to the surface, ant", of helping to swell the family exchequer. There again was an example of the economic question yitfclly affecting education.