HIGH SCHOOLS.
The Rev. R. L. Stanford writes to the Daily Times complaining of the “ protective duty” levied on education by the maintenance of the High Schools. He says : —“ From the very confused figures presented in the last education report, 1 gather that the education given in the High School costs about w/t 0 ? As only £8 10s. is charged, it iollows that the sum of £l3 10s. is the contribution of the taxpayer to the cost of education of every High School pupil.” The pretence is that the High Schools are intended to educate nighty the children of poor men, who otherwise must be given a primary education only. The fact, nevertheless, is different. The children of poor men are not and cannot be educated in the High Schools, but as the Rev. Mr. Stanford implies, poor men thus pay an enormous tax for the benefit of their well-to-do neighbours. Nothing can be more unfair or unjust, and the dullness of the people in allowing selves to be so dtipcd is amazing.
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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume IX, Issue 1015, 22 December 1881, Page 3
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173HIGH SCHOOLS. Poverty Bay Standard, Volume IX, Issue 1015, 22 December 1881, Page 3
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