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and supply their families with produce when 

 work is slack is clearly shown by the effect that 

 this development has had in Belgium, 



VI. Education 



Increased wages and improved housing accom- 

 modation will do much to keep men on the land ; 

 but in order that the land may be developed to 

 the best advantage by those who live upon it, it 

 is necessary to provide suitable education by 

 efficient teachers and to extend the provision 

 of small holdings on practical lines. 



Extensive changes must be made in the 

 existing system of education with a view to 

 strengthening those portions of the present 

 method which are thoroughly sound and make 

 for good. 



This subject can best be dealt with under four 

 separate headings : 



(a) The Teacher. — The production of the right 

 type of teacher is of the first importance. The 

 present system is unsatisfactory. Young men 

 and girls go into the training colleges, take the 

 full course, go out into the profession, and may 

 then be found to have no turn whatever for 

 teaching. The work must begin from the 

 bottom. Children who show aptitude must be 

 chosen while they are at school ; their incli- 

 nation and capacity for teaching tested during 

 subsequent years up to the age of eighteen as 



