A PLAN FOR EDUCATION
snt,—Is seems to me that one vital point has been missed throughout the correspondence on "A Plan for Education." If the Public School education is the best available, as all seem to agree, surely then it should not be confined to the sons of the wealthy. Entrance should be entirely by ability, so that those who will make best use of this form of education will receive it ; the education will do good to them, and they will be in a position to do good to the community afterwards.
The entrance could be by examination and interview ; this would ensure that the boy's character was considered as well as his brains. Before this examination is taken education should be the same for all, State-provided day-schools. After the examination those who could Pay either the whole or a part of the school fees would do so; the others would get their education paid for by the State. This seems to me the best way of ensuring that the Public School education is made available to those who will make best use of it.—Yours
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