HIGH SCHOOL FEES.
NEW SOUTH WALES DECISION. [FROM OVJtt OWN COBBKSPOKDENT.J SYDNEY. Aug, 10. Although the decision of th* State Government to charge fees for-education in its secondary schools—the high schools—has provoked some hostile criticism, that is outweighed by the commendation of the vast majority of the citizens. The proposed reform will enable the Government to considerably augment the education vote and the money will be expended in the direction of increasing the glaringly inadequate accommodation in the primary schools. The Government does not intend to close the high schools against any children who would bo debarred from taking a higher educational course through the inability of their parents to nay the fees. The authorities have declared that Special concessions will be made for deserving cases.
The members of the Teachers' Federation, contending that it is the first move toward class distinction and a reversion to tho pauper system, have carried a resolution affirming that the imposition of fees is "a retrograde step and not in the best interests of the State."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18170, 16 August 1922, Page 10
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