the Colonies:-
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It is not only because aided institutions
"may be a cheaper form of education than
"Government institutions that voluntary efforts
"in education are to be encouraged. Private "management is valuable in any system of "education because it ensures that variety and "play of personality which is important in "every education system. Moreover, a Government "may hold that certain kinds of education are "more suitably given by religious bodies than "by the Government. Lastly, as is recognised "in the Memorandum quoted above, the greatest "importance must be attached in all areas, where "contact with civilization tends to weaken "tribal authority and the sanctions of existing "beliefs, to religious beliefs and moral
"instruction. It is recognition of this need "that impels Governments to desire to assist "forms of education which rest on the basis of "religious beliefs....
The statement of policy that "has been quoted above makes it clear that if ""the required standard of educational "efficiency is reached, aided schools should be "regarded as filling a place in the scheme of "education as important as the schools conducted "by Government itself.""
(42) Referring to the need of guiding principles in the matter of grants the Report adds:-
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.while the establishment of definite "principles is clearly desirable, provision "should also be made for reasonable elasticity "in the application of these principles. For "instance, additional help may well be justified "where, for purely temporary reasons, an agency "that has done good work is financially "embarrassed".
• C. R. Victoria Hong Kong.... Rt. Rev. the Bishop of Victoria,
A. H. Comp ton.
Matt
Hong Kong. (Chairman).
Manager, Messrs. David Sassoon &
Co., Ltd. (Vice-Chairman).
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