24 JUNE 1949, Page 17

EXAMINATION FEES

Sra,—I am glad that in his reference to examination fees, in the Spectator of June 10th, Janus mentioned that these are payable at independent schools but that no charge is made at State schools. This injustice whereby parents already sacrificing much to provide their children with a good education, and saving the State thereby, are made to pay, whereas those 'unwilling or unable to do so are entered free, is too often forgotten. It is a great pity that in the new scheme of things this anomaly was not corrected ; for what conceivable reason is there that at one school'parents should have to pay 'and at another they should not?—Yours faithfully,