SCHOOL BOOKS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8199, 28 May 1906, Page 4

SCHOOL BOOKS.

Tint frequent r banging of eelwol hso harassing to paroni* ri»»ieau& measures shoald,? •** ft**" ** posfsSblff/ lw adopts. We »otk«. that in Taranaki #omc of the school committer ar « giving the matter their ne## coinciding in the mam with a 1 sent to the Education Board recently by the Fitsrqr eerasutUe. It wf urged that there was imperative aecd (of putting an tad. to the - changes fa acfoool books, tvhi(*fo. £ Altai led great disadvantages upsJa booksellers who staked and parent® who were compelled to purchase them. Tits committee held that'the tltne had k>ns amee arrived *hen tlu>sc iriio resjioufible for selecting tKe test book# for the varion* standard* of. #• school should be in a position to dee : de which IxKrk* should , be; n««d»• and to adhere.. to the choice so thai children of any family could use '- such books mbo matter at which school ' their • ifrtijr attend. What was dcored wiw a dellnite »elee» tion of book* which should a» far a* : poHsihlc remain in use for some year*, * and the Board were a#ked to take the matter in hand awl put an end to eonslant, vexation* and expensive change#. The opinion of the Chief I inspector was 1 not favourable to the complaining ■• Committees, and the Board was not d»- *- posed to-"take action in the direction - retjaefeted. Similar complaint# have ■ been ■• made at different times in the Waogamii Education District, but it is quite evident that much discontent would be obviated if uniformity m school books was insisted, upon by the Education Department, "When Work* ing people are compelled through force of e ire um stances to remove from one district to another, they find it burdensome to have to purchase a new set of books for their children, and if this drawback were removed a great boon won Id be conferred upon parents. Tue matter is of sufficient importance to justify action by the Department,