DENOMINATIONAL SCHOOLS.

Taranaki Daily News, 21 January 1916, Page 8

DENOMINATIONAL SCHOOLS.

AND NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Jan. 19. Some important points of policy were mentioned by the Minister for Education (Hon. J. A. Hanan) to-day in replying to a deputation representing the Catholic Federation .to the rights of denominational schools. The deputation included Archbishop O'Shea and the bishops of Auckland, C'hristchurch and Dunedin. The speakers reminded the Minister that they had not yet received replies to all the points raised on a previous occasion and they mentioned some of the recommendations of the Council of Education regarding scholarships and leaving certificates, under section 103 of the Education Act, 1914. The Minister, in the course of liis reply, said: "It is provided that the holder of any junior or senior scholarship shall be required to pursue his studies diligently to the satisfaction of the director at a secondary school, or its equivalent, approved by the Minister. Acting on this section, the Minister for Education in the past, in exceptional cases, lias aproved of a school of secondary education noil coming within the description of a secondary and endowed school, as defined by the Act, district high school or technical high school, on tlie ground that the educational standing of the institution was undoubtedly good and Ms staff and equipment and curriculum conformed to all reasonable secondary school requirements. In view of the fact that privileges to private schools in the way of national scholarships have thus been granted under the said i section 103. lam not disposed to recommend the National Government to amend the Act in such a way as to concede ail such concessions that might be given thereunder."