THE NEW EDUCATION ACT.

Thames Star, Volume III, Issue 1667, 7 May 1874, Page 2

THE NEW EDUCATION ACT.

) ,i[To;the Editor of the EyßNiifa.Stab,) I Siß,^-It.is;impossible, to; speak .of.the' riierits of the proposed Act until more:.is; Mnown about it than-we-know at present; but there is one proposal in it condemned by the]-. Advertiser that,' judging, by the workirig'of' tHe-pVesent systemris" an improvement. The Putside public cannot jjudge whether the fault'lies with the teachers, as the.-Committees assert, or With the Committees, as ih,e teachers assert,jperhaps,,partly with both, but. ,the fact; remains that during ihe past ?ypar { nearly every; >schpol i on the Thames .has had'a 'change of teachers. These con-, staht changes are very detrimental to the progress of the scholars, and a ny pj^ n that alter this unsatisfactory state pf things would be an improvement. That ;i thesechanges : are too .frequent all feet/and they J*have been so notorious on tihe ( .Thames that. the, : Inspector has Received p instructions'',,•'„to\i. 1 '. tjtie, Thames^ n !and -^ 'jepquir^";^ liito^': ; ,ithe. majtiter,, ,'.,■ > Ijow ",mv tKe, £ faeg; oi^nthis ; ijhe couldj in their iiemorial,,- declare the .present relations between teachers and committees mighty for npValteratiptt, ;t is hard to understand. It may be satisfactory to the committees to haye the] Opwer|^t patronage, but it cannot be Satisfactory to. the public who wish their children 'ffi W.ed^cated ,^d be tfaving tlie : ions taint • changes' in the management of ihfe'ibhpols there Kivja^ .been during tho past yearV If placing the; power, pf giving appoihtments' in the "hahdi. of a^ Commjssioner or Central' Board, would preyent ihje'se 1. 'fifeg^eht"fl-nd vexatious "changes— 4s" ltl^e v teachers affirm that it would^-th^n \ by .all.■nieaiis lot; us iiave;!it vsp. Be|tey; nave ''no'.-^^Committees'at all tnan siichfa frequent change of tiaiphpFS. ! '" ; u 1 '!iw> ;""'"n^S^^ ; :l^^j:nj