Mr Scout on Education.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1606, 12 January 1886, Page 2

Mr Scout on Education.

i i!"C j (UNITED PRESS : .iJtSSpGIArTIOST ); / ■ j „,,.*. pfrNBDiN, Monday. I The" dimi&r; in' connection* With the Educational Institute was 'very' successful. 1 Mr'Stolut, to'tßS'cctiiffe dfa lengthyaddress, referred to^e' charge made respecting the costliness of the., Education s^ste.m, v The, real question,. he sajd,, was .could we afford to have a woMe,system? "'Bather we. yiraqted a better.,/ If 'so.'imw wjas it ip be paid for ? 'jf it; wei-y, ttf, be . made cheiiwer, ; it could only 1 be' done?' by' H\\e re-|mpositidn L ot" feiJs and by: tatfingp tl^e -poorer classes'to pay. for what tiie'i wrhole .'community,:; should ;;.p<iy , foi'* Wheni }people .csime tp:, understand the, real,issues.involved^ they i.would.. not «t---tempt to make thesystem^weciker ol; lay: tlie burdon on those who could not bear Piß. He,cordia|Jy agreed'with most of the j resohitioftd^'pass'e'd* by the ' Insfeitiitei' Tjhere had been>^unfair.inspection from t^e centre, but he now thought there was &r da.ngei) • of- fc'ie sphpplsr becoming t6o miich alike, andW too great"foiruial--ity and not. enough allowance. for the id iosyncraciei of! teacbJers! "Sfe l found Inspectors insisting on a rigid sameness . \yhich w.ould be fatal to the system. The Ibspectb'r-Geiieral &oiild not inspect the secondary.,schoOls,;and the work should b;e undertaken by the University prpfesr sprs. J$ was .nmpogsible. .a^res^nMto liaver; A^®ausia|» /for the:^ttc|ib6|^|[e had- tried' unsuccessfully to secure ]nn* formity of scholarship reguiatip^s^ '.The Wttiv'etsity mcist be utilitebl fo&i&ihmg teachers, and j rcountry, schpols, should make a point' of selectihg-i' University grad|iates^. who., could impart:.secondary teaohihgjj;ti>;:^e brightest jpjupil^- tThe '^ta£e should nbt lose sight ot boys 'on" leaving the primary -scho^olSjVand must cjrganise scliooisVo Continue the ednca tion given m primary schools till boys 17 or 18. —"