Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 303 Stripping

Henry shouldn't have called Rock, but Mr. Mayor. After all, Louis Botha sued the Johannesburg City Government, not the Johannesburg Police Department, so it's not Rock's turn to take charge of this matter.

Mr. Mayor took the train to Pretoria that afternoon, and Rock got off work early and returned to Bigwig Town.

There have been no plague patients or suspected plague patients in Ziwei Town for five consecutive days. There are still policemen and doctors on duty at the entrance to Ziwei Town. Not a single person was infected with the plague, and the Governor's Office recently commended Bigwig Public School.

This praise is more useful than any other advertisement. Bigwig Public School is a blessing in disguise. It is estimated that the next school year will continue to expand enrollment to meet the growing enrollment demand.

Phyllis is now free to come and go to Bigwig College, so she can meet Rock briefly.

"We have received more than 1000 applications for admission. The existing school buildings and dormitories are not enough. To meet all the enrollment needs, we must at least double the size of the campus. Principal Sophia is a little worried. With so many people, Principal Sophia is afraid of teaching. The quality will drop." Phyllis has been in Bigwig College recently, and she doesn't know what's going on outside.

There is a huge difference between Bigwig Public School and the local schools in the UK. In 1870, the UK promulgated the "Compulsory Education Act" and began to implement compulsory education. However, it is limited to objective conditions. The teaching quality of public schools is poor, the management is not strict, and the students are mixed. People are still used to sending their children to elite schools for elite education.

Places in noble schools are very precious. In order to reflect the value of noble schools, sometimes noble schools would rather idle part of their educational resources than recruit even one more student.

The educational principle of Bigwig Public School is to teach without discrimination. Although the software and hardware level of Bigwig Public School has reached the first-class level, which is not inferior to the noble schools in the UK, Bigwig There are no special requirements on the aspect. Even the farmers around Bigwig Public School can send their children to Bigwig Public School to study, which seems unbelievable to Sofia.

Education also has costs. Although Bigwig Public School can receive subsidies from the city government, that subsidy is a drop in the bucket compared to the operation of Bigwig Public School. The reason why the number of students in noble schools is small has a lot to do with the high tuition fees , a similar aristocratic school in the UK, the annual tuition fee is more than [-] pounds, and the fee standard of Bigwig Public School is [-] pounds per student. Such a small tuition fee is not even enough to pay the salary of the teaching staff.

Of course, Roque would not explain how much the parents of students outside of Johannesburg would have to pay to send their children to Bigwig Public School for education. Most of the proceeds go to Bigwig College.

"Tell Principal Sofia not to worry, there will be a group of college students coming to Johannesburg soon, and then let Principal Sophia choose first, as long as the teaching staff is well established, the quality of teaching will be fine." Rock is not worried about this problem, the so-called teaching quality , the judging criteria are not uniform. To put it bluntly, whether the teaching quality is good or not is not decided by the parents of the students. In the next school year, the middle school of Bigwei Public School will start enrolling students. It is up to the middle school to decide whether the teaching quality is good or not. Count, and the middle school is also a part of Bigwig Public School.

The middle school is currently under construction. It is next to the current boys' school. The area of ​​the school is larger than that of the boys' and girls' schools combined. In the future, it can accommodate [-] students studying at the school at the same time.

Such a large school cannot be built in a day or two. Fortunately, there will not be too many students in the first year of the middle school, and it is estimated that there will not be more than 500 students, so the amount of work will be greatly reduced. Stop the expansion, there is still plenty of time.

It is also because of this that the standards of the Secondary School are very high from the beginning.

Most of the buildings in boys’ and girls’ schools are still made of wood. The middle school generally uses permanent marble buildings, supplemented by steel bars and cement. Once the school is completed, it will not need to be renovated for more than a hundred years.

"Recently, someone suggested that the school should add German, French, and Dutch courses. Principal Sophia and I are a little worried that this may conflict with the requirements of the Governor's Mansion." Phyllis and Roque walked side by side outside Big Veda Town On the grass, the big man followed Phyllis step by step. A little later was Tang En in military uniform and several armed policemen. They kept a distance of more than ten meters from Roque and Phyllis.

The environment of Bignonia Town is now well-known. All the bigglow trees are planted around the town. There is a lawn under the care of a special person under the tree. Now it is November again, and the branches are covered with lavender Bignonia flowers, and the trees are falling. There is a dense layer of petals, walking in it, the faint fragrance of flowers pervades the surroundings, and a sea of ​​flowers as far as the eye can see is really refreshing.

"We need to be cautious about this matter. Let's talk about it later. I'll check the tone of the 'Education Committee' first. Maybe German, French, and Dutch can be set as interest courses." Rock is also cautious, although in principle, Rock doesn't want to German, French, and Dutch courses are offered at Bigwig School, but now Bigwig School even offers Chinese courses, offering German, French, and Dutch, which can dilute the presence of Chinese.

In the long run, it is actually necessary to set up these small language courses. Adelaide originally wanted to eliminate Boer culture, so it was mandatory that all schools in the Transvaal and Orange were not allowed to use Dutch, and only English was allowed. In this way, the suzerainty of Britain is emphasized.

After the end of the Boer War, with the demise of the countries of Transvaal and Orange, all the Boers became British subjects. After the Boer War, the national cohesion of the Boers was further strengthened. The Boers living in the four colonies of the Cape There are 60 people, far more than the number of white Anglo-Americans. They have the same culture, religion and language. The Anglo-Boer war greatly promoted the formation of their national identity mentality. The current Boers are not pure Dutch descendants. Among them were Germans, French, and even Jews from Russia, who were now a whole new people, the Afrikaners.

After the Boer War, the so-called "African Language Associations" appeared in Transvaal and Orange. At this time, the status of Dutch was declining, and a new language appeared, so it was no longer necessary to suppress Dutch.

"Henry and Owen also said the same. The number of Boer students in the school is very small, and the number of Chinese students is too many. If someone notices this, there is still trouble." Phyllis reminded softly. Now it has become the business card of Bigwig Town and even Johannesburg, so be careful.

Although Roque never said it, Phyllis, Henry, and Owen are also good people, and everyone knows what Roque is thinking.

If you know it, you know it, but Phyllis, Henry, and Owen will not interfere, and will only try their best to cooperate with Roque. After all, Roque has long emphasized the significance of the existence of Chinese to the consolidation of British rule. It seemed that this was not obvious before. After the "Peace Agreement" was signed, the influence of the Boers became more and more obvious. Rock's prophecy was becoming a reality step by step. Phyllis could not help but cooperate with Henry and Owen.

"It doesn't matter. In the future, Bigwei Public School will also become a noble school like Eton College. The annual enrollment quota will not exceed 300 people. It will not be so easy to enter Bigwei Public School. I am a new student at the Gold Mine. A school has been built, and at that time, all Chinese students will be transferred to the new campus on the side of the gold mine, and separated from Bigwei Public School.” Rock has already prepared countermeasures, and before the Chinese at Bigwei Public School is noticed, Luo Ke Gram will transfer the Chinese students away.

In fact, the construction of the new school building has basically been completed, and the hardware facilities are even higher than those of the Bigwei Public School. Because a large amount of reinforced concrete is used, the quality of the new school building is guaranteed, and Chinese students can move in at any time.

Different from Bigwig Public School, the new school building will not face public enrollment, and even Rock does not intend to let the outside world know the existence of the school. The Rock Gold Mine is surrounded by Rock’s private property, because some things about the gold mine need to be kept secret. The Rock Gold Mine is surrounded by restricted areas, and even the Chinese are not allowed to enter and exit at will, so safety is still guaranteed.

"Transfer all the Chinese students away? Do you need to transfer teachers from Bigwei Public School?" Phyllis was surprised, even Phyllis didn't know this information.

"No, there are teachers in the new school." Rock smiled happily, which was indeed a pleasant surprise.

Rock once thought that at this stage in 1902, very few Chinese received higher education, so relying on the strength of the Chinese probably would not be able to support the teaching staff required by a school.

The facts surprised Roque. Since the middle of the last century, there have been Chinese who have gone to Europe, the United States, and Japan to study. Now that decades have passed, there are still many Chinese who have received new Western education.

The crux of the problem is that after receiving new Western education, many Chinese returned to the Qing Dynasty and found that the knowledge they had learned was useless. Being able to go to the customs as the lowest-level customs declaration is why high-level talents headed by Xia Zuo, Duncan, and George came to Johannesburg.

At present, in Johannesburg, there are already dozens of Chinese who have received new Western education, and they are enough to support a new school to provide education for the next generation of Chinese in Johannesburg.

After the establishment of the new school, it will not take many years for the talents of the second generation of Chinese to appear like a blowout. Ten years later, there will be Chinese in all levels of government in the Transvaal, and Rock will no longer be Lonely and weak.

(End of this chapter)