EXPENDITURE ON SCHOOL BUILDINGS.
The North Canterbury Board of Eduoa* tlon have adopted and decided to send to members of of Parliament m. reply, to tho statement of the Minister of Education re* latlve to the expenditure on school buildings* They point out that it Is unfair to Canterbury to quote Auckland and Otago as giving a fair average prise for school buildings, as building here has been considerably dearer than there. Again the Minister's estimate of £200 each for masters homes la insufficient, The board oonslde? that a ■erloni error, greatly affaotlng the Minister 1 ! argument that the amounts granted to education boards hay* been extravagantly expended, lies In all assumption that the grants, after dedaot« ing expenditure on sites and houses, war* employed exclusively for the erection of aohool rooms. The grants were really given for sohool buildings which, . according to to the definition of the Minister of Eduoatlon m 1878, may be held to include not merely new eohools and teachers' residenoos with fencing and suitable convenience bnt the repairing, enlarging and improvement of existing buildings and grounds, furniture fer class rooms, purohaso of sites, plans, supervision, and generally all outlay on , buildings and shool property of a permanent {character aB distinguished from 'malutenoe. It hia review of the past expenditure and m comparing tho amounts spent with the extent of accommodation, the Minister had overt looked several considerations. The nloe equilibrium he demanded, the oxaot adj astraen t of the number of sittings In aohqolf to the nnmber of children In fhe country, wai Impracticable tp making enough provision for the educational wanti of the public It was Impossible to avoid occasionally doing too muob, owing mainly to tbe fluctuations of population In the country districts. The board further point out that In England and m Australia, the school aocsoatnodation muoh exceeds what li required for bbjldre.n In actual fttten,* dance,
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1968, 12 October 1888, Page 2
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315EXPENDITURE ON SCHOOL BUILDINGS. Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1968, 12 October 1888, Page 2
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