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XLIX.—NATIONAL, EDUCATION AND THE
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Ladies, Tlie debate in the House of Comm...
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Xlix.—National, Education And The
XLIX . —NATIONAL , EDUCATION AND THE KETISED CODE .
Ladies, Tlie Debate In The House Of Comm...
Ladies _, _Tlie debate in the House of Commons , on Monday , May 5 th ,
settlesthe question of Government aid in National Education , for the present ; but it is evident that the important question which has
now been raised will not rest where it now stands . The minority on Mr . "Walter's motion on certificated teachers was so large as to
show that a majority of the House might be _exjDected to be "with him on a future occasion _; and we may . at any rate be sure that
principles will now be discussed by the country , of great importance to National Education ; will you , then , permit me , as one who has
had long and varied experience on the subject of education and the assistance given to it by Government , to offer a few remarks in
your valuable pages ? The original Code was framed many years ago on this subject
to meet the existing wants of the nation . The special idea of it was to help and stimulate voluntary effort , and in doing so
toassist in raising the standard of education , and to secure a good teaching power in schools for the working-classes . We will assume
the system framed met the wants of the time . Since that period Minute after Minute has been added , greatly complicating the
system , and leading to continual alterations ; the schools that are the helped numb have ers enorm increased ously of increased _jrupil-teachers in numb —young er , and 1 persons still more who at have the
earl } 7 age of thirteen accept this training for a profession -at the expense of the nation ; even scholars are bribed to attend by a
Capitation Grant on mere attendance . And yet , as was truly remarked in the leader in the Timeson March 29 th , '' the system has expanded
, in every direction except that in which it was most wanted—the instruction of the poor , the remote , and the unfriended . " Now , it
cannot be denied that the educational grants under the system _, adopted did at first give a very great stimulus to voluntary effort ,
raised the educational standard of the laboring classes , and has compelled the class above to feel the necessity of raising their
standard also . But the time has for many years arrived when a continuance of the same amount and kind of aid is not only
unnecessary , but injurious to the general education of the country . I could point to numerous schools where the voluntary effort has
slackened as the Government aid has increased . There are multitudes of schools which receive no aid at all , equally good with those
which are receiving it largely . The laboring classes in general have learnt the value of good education , andif left to their own
, unbiassed choice , always will select for their children the best schools they can . There is no ground for the fear expressed by
many , that the quality of the education of the superior laboring
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), June 1, 1862, page 260, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01061862/page/44/
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