MAORI SCHOOLS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13536, 12 October 1907, Page 2

MAORI SCHOOLS.

MINISTERIAL REPLY TO CHARGES. I P«r PreM AMOoi*ti<m. j WELtINGTdN, October 12. j The Hon. G. Fqwlds has handed' a j memo to the press replying to an attack - made on the Native school system .by a member of the, Hawke?s Bay Elducav tion Board. The Minister says the statements that teachers are not paid ; according to average: .attendance And 1 that in. three Nature s^>^ipols £30 worth ' ofbi&puit i^ujach wrej without foundation. The low pe.rctiatrr.' age of successes in examination results was referred $0. , This, t Jkfr; Fowlds says, looks serious uiitil compared with the results for _othe£ pjablio schools, when the" discrepancy is fpund not to be so very great, considering the circumstances, and the fact thkt the Native children are taught in a foreign tongue. Complaints are made against the sani- | tar j arrangements. Mr . Fowlds . says he has learned enough to feel confident that thetejs no neecl<£oi*<dffljprage*meiit 'of the &md. Similar ccmiplaints Hi other cases have turned: out to have no .foundation. ' ' \' * -