THE RADICAL REFORM ASSOCIATION AND THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 2399, 24 November 1887, Page 2

THE RADICAL REFORM ASSOCIATION AND THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM.

1 ItV TKLKiJKAriI.—I'IIKSS ASSOCIATION.] WkIJANT; TON* r r«in<r!.i\*. Thk billowing fr*»m tin* Wellington liit'lical Reform A'-Hiubttinii !u> b**t*n f*rwardcti to the Mini-U*r of jvhi'Mtion against the proposal of thn (rovornnuuit to alter the education system of the colony : (a) because it will, especially in towns, throw a la nnmhiT of chiMn-a out of school; (hj) that obtain n between the apes of five and si\ of tiic right of attending schools will he in jurious to their future training and life ; (r) that thv reductions proposed are > » » , \ee--sive that the salaries of teachers will luuto be reduced nearly 2o per cent., and the small schools in outlying districts will ha\.* to be closed ; (il) that the stopping of th“ extra os capitation is a greater proportionate reduction than th * I loverntni-nt propose on other brandies of the public seivic.--: (e) that the electors of tiie colony gciior.dly at the recent elections determined tint tinsystem should not b-- altcivd. and tin* proposal of the Minister of Ivlncatron is in violation of his own pledges and those ~f three-quarters of the nponbers of th- 1 House ; that this association al-o prot-st-' against the proposed in >d-- »,f altering the education system, viz., by Orderdn-Coum-d. which are not discussed nor sanctioned by Parliament in a Bill.