CO129-262 - Governor Sir Robinson Acting Governor O-Brien - 1894 [1-4] — Page 400

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they have all been invited to do so.

in reconsidering my scheme in the light of the objections raised, I do not propose to modify it in any way. The fundamental difference between the Headmasters of Engino College and Diocesan School on the one side and myself on the other side are of a radical nature.

They desire that the Government should pay all the expenses of successful candidates. I would have the Government assist only those who will help themselves.

They desire the continuance of a system which hitherto has benefited only a few individual scholars under certain private tuition. I desire to substitute a scheme which would induce all local English Schools to form regular classes for secondary education and moreover stimulate members of the 396 candidates working under the Oxford and Cambridge Local Examination scheme to continue their studies in the direction of University Matriculation.

They desire to continue an artificially created Government examination unconnected with either the local system of education nor with that of the home country. I desire to complete the local system by adding to the elementary Grant-in-Aid Scheme, a scheme for the promotion of secondary education, and to link the latter directly with the English University.

Whatever defects as to detail my Scheme may have, and I am quite open to correction in this respect - I feel confident that the main principles of it are educationally sound, and financially ...

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they have all been invited to do so. in reconsidering my scheme in the light of the objections raised, I do not propose to modify it in any way. The fundamental difference between the Headmasters of Engino College and Diocesan School on the one side and myself on the other side are of a radical nature. They desire that the Government should pay all the expenses of successful candidates. I would have the Government assist only those who will help themselves. They desire the continuance of a system which hitherto has benefited only a few individual scholars under certain private tuition. I desire to substitute a scheme which would induce all local English Schools to form regular classes for secondary education and moreover stimulate members of the 396 candidates working under the Oxford and Cambridge Local Examination scheme to continue their studies in the direction of University Matriculation. They desire to continue an artificially created Government examination unconnected with either the local system of education nor with that of the home country. I desire to complete the local system by adding to the elementary Grant-in-Aid Scheme, a scheme for the promotion of secondary education, and to link the latter directly with the English University. Whatever defects as to detail my Scheme may have, and I am quite open to correction in this respect - I feel confident that the main principles of it are educationally sound, and financially ...
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they have all been invited to do so.

in reconsidering my

Ishone in the light of the objection raised, I do not propose to modify

I present in any way. The

ital

difference between the Headmasterst

of Encino Erliege and Divecsan School on the one side and myself

on the other side are

ύνι

2. 1

of

a radical

They desire that the Go- vernment should pay all the expenses of successful candidates. I would have the Government assist only. those who will help them welver.

V J

They desire the continuance

one, which hitherto how be--

t

nefited only

scholars under

العمرية

few individual

le huition. Ide.

private

sire to substitute a scheme which

would induce all local English Schools to form regular classes for scondary education and moreover

stimulate

stimulate members of

396

onvdidates

working Cambridge Local Examination

under the Oxford and

scheme to continue their studies. in the direction of University Ma

kriculation.

They desire to contime an

artificially

'

created Goverment

wamination VAUN COUNTre ofed with either the local system od vrion nor with that of the home county

country I desire to complete the local sysken. by adding,

to the elementary Grant

in Aid Scheme, a

1

cheme for the

promotion of secondary education,

and to link the latter directly with:

English University.

Whatever defects as to detail

Schene

may

have.

and Jam

- quite open to correction in this respect - I feel confident that the main principles of it are edur- cationally sound, and financially

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