Scroor BuiLpings.—Question 12. - 
The main points brought forward in evidence were: — 
(1) The grant of five per cent. on the cost of erection gives general satisfaction, but 
should be extended to buildings erected prior to 1st April, 19i8. 
(2) The Administration should make provision for school huildings in localities not 
served by any church. 
(3) The whole of the rent of hired buildings should be paid by the Administration. 
(4) A loan fund for school buildings for coloured children should be created. The 
churches and other voluntary recognised organisations could borrow from such fund on terms 
fixed by regulation. 
COMPULSORY ATTENDANCE.— Question 14. 
The main points brought out in evidence were : — 
(1) The principle of compulsion was generally desired. In urban areas some form was 
regarded as immediately practicable, but compulsion was felt to be out of the question at 
present in rural areas. 
(2) The compulsory attendance of pupils actually enrolled at school was favoured by 
some witnesses, but others saw no advantage in such a measure. 
(8) Standard IV was the lowest upper limit recommended, with ages varying from 13 
016. 
(4) The application of compulsion to coloured children should proceed on similar lines 
to those followed in the gradual application of the principle to European pupils. 
RuraL ScHooLs.— Question 17. 
The following points were brought out in evidence : — 
(1) The establishment of more schools in the rural districts is a necessity. 
(2) Rural areas need a different type of school from urban areas. 
(3) If more schools were established in rural areas, the coloured population would 
be more settled, and there would be a diminution of ‘‘ trekking.” 
(4) Generally speaking, the farming community does not appear to have been favour- 
ably disposed towards the education of the coloured peöple, but a change of attitude was 
stated to be evident in some areas. 
(5) The interest of the farmers should be enlisted to establish the schools jointly with 
the local missionary and the circuit inspector. 
. (6) Conveyance grants to make possible attendance at central schools should be made 
available. 
(7) The law should be amended to permit the establishment of farm schools with a 
smaller enrolment than is possible under the existing law. 
(8) These schools need not necessarily be staffed by trained or certificated teachers. 
(9) Evidence went to show that the city-trained and urban-minded teacher did not 
always reflect the ideals of the farmer in respect of the right type of education needed on the 
land. Likewise, the kind of education at present given was partly blamed for the undesirable 
relations often existing between employer and employee. 
Lancuace MEprom.—Questions 21 to 24. 
The main views put forward were: — 
(1) It is difficult to determine the home language of coloured children in the principal 
towns. 
(2) In the rural districts, Afrikaans is the home language of the great majority. 
(3) The parents in the large urban areas would object to the introduction of the 
language medium provisions of the Ordinance, because it is feared that their children would 
aot learn sufficient English to prepare them for the practical requirements of life. 
(4) The medium of instruction should be the language in which the child will even- 
sually have to earn his living. 
(5) If the home language medium were applied, the country child would be handicapped 
as compared with the town child because, owing to the early school-leaving age of the 
coloured pupil, he would know only his home language. 
(6) In the chief towns, English appears to be used as the prevailing medium of 
instruction. In the country districts both media are used, and many schools begin by 
teaching the child through the home language medium. 
(7) Many teachers are not as yet well qualified to teach through the Afrikaans medium.