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obtained. It will not atti-act the l)cst men and women nnlcss 

 the followint^- conditions arc fnlfdlcd : .\dc(|natc salaries, reason- 

 ably liberal conditions of service, es])eciall)- leave conditions, 

 proper statns and security of tenure, and a i)ension on retire- 

 ment. It would seem that the central authority should secure 

 the lirst three of these conditions l)y recjuiring their fulfilment 

 as a basis of its grants to the local authority, ddie grades of 

 posts antl salaries attached thereto should be laid down by the 

 central authority. These salaries should be the minima pay- 

 able: the local authority being at lilierty to raise emoluments 

 beyond the minima, if it were prepared to raise the necessary 

 funds. As regards the fourth — namely, pensions — I should 

 suggest that the Union Parliament contribute towards a pension 

 fund for all teachers i)laced on the permanent establishment. 

 The position would then be this: The local authorities would 

 recruit and a])point their own teachers, but the conditions of 

 service would be such as were laid downi by the central authority ; 

 after a probationary period, a (jualified teacher would be admitted 

 to the regular teaching stall; and, once having been admitted, 

 his tenure and retiring allowances w^ould be secure, so long as 

 his service and conduct were what they ought to be. 



We may now consider the fmancial relations that might 

 obtain between the central and the local authorities under such 

 a scheme as is contemplated. Tt has already been suggested that 

 there should be a real sharing of the burden. The central 

 authority would make grants of a character to be suggested 

 immediately, while the local authorities would supplement them 

 with moneys raised locally, and w^ould administer the total 

 revenue obtained from central and local sources. Existing 

 financial relations will have to be nut out of consideration for 

 the purposes we have in view. The present position in the 

 Transvaal is that all moneys required for school education come 

 from the provincial exchec[uer, and this is fed by Union grants 

 and certain assigned revenues. These grants and these revenues 

 are expended not only on education but on other provincial 

 services. In order to get a clear view of a reasonable distri- 

 bution of the cost of education, it will be simpler to consider the 

 question without any reference to existing financial conditions. 



It may be assumed, for the purposes of the argument, that 

 the central authority would give financial assistance in the fol- 

 lowing ways : — 



( I ) By taking over charges connected with central, as distinct from 

 local, administration, inspection, the training of teachers, the 

 education of nrn-European children, and contributions to a 

 teachers' pension fund ; 



(2) By contributing on a capitation l)asis to the fimds required to 

 meet current expenditure on scliools ; 



( .^ ) By making building grants. 



We may now inquire what the financial position w^ould be 

 under these circumstances. 



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