CORRESPONDENCE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3549, 30 June 1890, Page 2

CORRESPONDENCE.

■ , (To the Editor.)

Sir,—ln your report of the meetii of tlie "Mastcitoa School Committee held on the 25th iu'st., one of the members stated that ''-I condemned

the brammint> Bystem jn tho Colony," As this ..atateiuen t is. liable to mislead your.readers, will yon kindly allow me to explain the position I havo taken

up. While thoroughly a supporter "of the existing educational systedi' as, a whole,.l am quite prepared to admit' that-it ia ■ not perfect, and my object .in ;nivl address, as President, of the Wellington Educational Institiite, was

,-to draw attention to whatlconsidcred was more especially the weak point of the" system. I hold that no one is mors'quulitied to judge of : the fitness of the pupil for promotion as tbi) head teacher of the school and on this ground, as well as on several others whioh'l-have advanced in llie address referred to, I advocate that the promotion of children from standard.to standard should not, as heretofore, be

given : effect to once a year only, iw the result of the Inspector's. examination, but should be lpft in the hands of the teacher. lam simply advocating the. reform ofnn evil, wiiich haa long.been recognised in Unhand by thousands of teachers, and'which I aui glad to Bay lias, liy their exortioue, been at lust remedied. The ' examination •) of standards is no longer a part of the educational system of England. lam thoroughly in accord with Mr Jackson in his statement that the education 1 given in the schools of this colony, will compare very favorably with that given in English elementary schools. —I anij &0., ' W T Grundy. I