EDUCATION.

Manawatu Herald, 8 November 1892, Page 2

EDUCATION.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE MANAWATP HEIUM>. Sir, — I read yotu* leading article on Education and agree with your remarks, as to the Board's .and <Sur representatives in Parliament not being able to oope with suchian iiiiportant question. Now, in the first place, you must send men -to. Parliament who are. blest with common sense, no matter what their qualifications may be ; in the next, I think School Boards are only a hindrance to truei education,' &nd ; as for School committees, they of texi 'drive 1 the best teachers out of their dis^ridt}. 1 : I have often thought that it the Government appointed one gpod.itfan for all New Zealand" to' inspect the schools it would be all that is required in the ! sWpe of fnkpectio'n. There is no doubt that' Education is getting very 'heavy on» the tax-payer, but it is not out of. the j way heavjb if we oould get all the benefits it is in v tended' to give us. Jinbtice that the Education Vote is something about i £400,000 for the yean., Now tha.fr is ! a very large sum for the people to make up. It amounts to about 15a per head qf the population,, and the drink Dill fos 1890 was dnl tf2,lll,- y---498 (79s per head),, or enough to keep five times the amount btscnools. But that is nothing, it is the way the people have been educated, ancj I do not think there is a teacher born who could make a silk purse out of a " sow's lug. You will meet parents who are ignorant themselves, 1 and never seem to khojw, or care,' h^jv their children get on. bring them up with bad manners, and keep them from, regular ., attending to school hours, etc!" Now a good inspector, good, teachers, and the, aid of the police, would go., a long^way towards making our : edapatipn a workable and profitable behefif to ih& people of New Zealand. " '"*.. r Foston, Nov. 7tW l«Wi ; ;