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It is not easy to find a parallel to the New Territory, which is without any towns worth the name. Tobago has an area and popula- -tion of about one-third, but has a school going population of two-

-thirds, of that of the New Territory, Northern District and

Islands. The percentage of school going to total population in Trinidad is a wout the same as Tobago namely per cent., or double that of the New Territory. 8o much for the quantity of the

education. As to the quality I cannot illustrate my criticism

thereof better than by quoting Ir. Sung's report.

That the school-rooms themselves are dark and dirty to a

degree is not surprising. They are just ordinary rooms set aside

for schools by the villagers, and the idea of wrking a school a

bright clean place would amaze then. As for the teachers, they are

usually quack doctors or georancers, who make education a "gide line". They make no pretence to a knowledge of modern methods of

teaching and when their remuneration is considered, this is hardly

surprising.

"The teacher's incomes are quite uncertain at the opening of

the school. The teacher is expected to teach without having

been definitely promised what his annual income would be

until the 4th. or 5th. moon, when the question of teachers'

incomes will be discussed and settled. If there is large

attendance the teacher gets more; otherwise he gets

logs.

Pupils will have to share the Kung Tong expenses which cover

tea, tobacco, fuel, and light for the teacher's use. This is

in ad lition to the pupils ordinary school fees.

School fees vary considerably; a beginner pays much less

than those in advanced classes. Some pupils include the

teacher's food money in their fees, while others pay

separately. The average scho d fees amount to approximately

85.00 per head per ammum.

According to the educational census many teachers' annual

income amounts to over 100, but the difficulty they have

had to face makes one horrified. Lost pupils do not pay

their