SECONDARY AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue 7627, 13 December 1902, Page 2

SECONDARY AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION.

AN AMENDED SCHEME.

Per Press Association.

WELLINGTON, December 13. Further provision for free secondary education has been made by the Education Department, and regulations have been drafted for " free places in secondary schools and grants payable therefore." A sum of £6 per year will be paid to the governing body of any public secondary school on account of each pupil admitted free under the scheme, one of. the conditions of which is that the governing' bedy must first be willing to provide without any grant one free place for oach £50 of its net income from endowments, and must also admit to free places all pupils of good character, who havp obtained a certificate of proficiency, that is, a sixth standard certificate, and are under fourteen years of age. The period of admission to school will be two years, but the term may be continued two yeiirs longer, provided the pupil satisfies Mich tests as may be provided by the inspector of general schools. These free places are open to boya and girls alike.

It is also, proposed to issue new regulations under the Manual and Technical Instruction Act, 1902, providing for junior and secondary technical scholarships.

In ihc case of junior scholarships 1 tho controlling authority will be paid 3d for each attendance at class in any recognised subject of manual or technical instruction, oy for each attendance at a continuation class.

To be entitled to a scholarship a pupil must have obtained a certificate of proficiency. The term of the scholarship is two years, but may bo continued for two more years (during which time it will be known as a secondary technical scholarships, provided the pupil passes a certain test, and that l'egular instruction is given him of a more advanced character.

Free railway tickets will be granted where necessary to the holders of primary or secondary technical scholarships.