Cost of Education
Now that the Government has, nnder the pressure of friends and enemies, given way on the question of reducing the cost of Education to the Treasury, it may be interesting to compare our system, iu two respects, with those of other countries. J The following is the comparison oE cost: — £•8. d. New Zealand 4 3 6} Queensland 4 3 3|New South Wales 4 5 0 Victoria ... ... .... . 4 810 South Australia 4 4 4f England 2 3 H New York 3 18 0 Massachusetts 4 6 2 California 5 6 3 The school ages are — Perrnis- Compulsive, sory, England 3 and 18 5 and 13 Scotland ..._ ... 3.„135 „13 New Zealand ... 5 „ 15 7 „ 1« Victoria 3 „ 16 6 „ 1C Queensland ... 5 „ 14 6 ? , 12 JNevv South Wales 4 „ 14 6 „ 14 New Zealand divides t!u; honors (TulerColoniaily speak'ntf) with Qurenslnndof moderation of cost and as lo tlio practice of making day-nurseries of the public schools. Tiicldca of sending children yf three to a public school is too absurd.
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Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 52, 14 October 1884, Page 3
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