EDUCATION IN SAMOA.
The director of education in Samoa, Mr W. H. Gould, writes a correspondent, is engaged in re-organising the educational system at present in vogue in the groiup. Realising that the time is ripe for the establishment of schools wherein a sound knowledge may be imparted to the Tongan youth. Mr Gould has prepared an ordinance making provision for three classes of schools under Government patrol. The first grade is primary in eveiy sen'se of the word, and Tongan will b# the medium of teaching. The middle sohotola are to be available for pupils who havei successfully passed the first grade, and here English teaching will be introduced. The course covers work similar to that of the New Zealand public elementary schools, and on completion of the course boys will be admitted to the Tongan College at Nukualofa. This institution is the final goal in the proposal. At present the college is in charge of experienced New Zealand teachers, who are assisted by talented Tongan tutors. The students number 150, and in the future affairs of Tonga this school should play a very important part..
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 20 October 1913, Page 6
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187EDUCATION IN SAMOA. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 20 October 1913, Page 6
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