Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1918. DENOMINATIONAL SCHOOLS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1812, 11 April 1918, Page 2

Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1918. DENOMINATIONAL SCHOOLS.

THE payment of Government grants for scholarships to denominational schools was brought, under the notice of the. Minister for Education, the Hon. J. A. Hanan, by a deputation from the Now Zealand Educational Institute in Wellington recently. The Auckland branch of tlie institute passed the following resolution: —“That in view of the fact that the Government grants' in the shape of scholarship allowances are now being paid to denominational schools under the control of two or throe religious denominations, this branch of the New Zealand Educational Institute desires to point out to the Government the grave danger to the national system of education these grants involve; this danger has recently been rapidly on the increase, and, as a, logical consequence, the, granting of free places in denominational schools seems dangerously imminent; this would tend to the breakdown not only of the national secondary system, but also the primary ; the institute, therefore, urges the Government to take immediate action in the direction of making it illegal for any Government grants to be paid directly or indirectly to denominational schools.” Quite right!