The education of the South African native . he vernacular. 2. There are at present no suitably graded reading books inZulu and Kafir; but once the vernacular is given official recog-nition, the pubUshers will be prepared to supply suitable view of the fact that the vernacular readers will be the onlybooks used by a large number of pupils, it is important thatthe greatest care should be taken in its preparation. A merestory reader is not wanted. An inspirational, informativereader dealing with South African topics, intelligible andinteresting to the Natives, is what is needed. 3. The n
The education of the South African native . he vernacular. 2. There are at present no suitably graded reading books inZulu and Kafir; but once the vernacular is given official recog-nition, the pubUshers will be prepared to supply suitable view of the fact that the vernacular readers will be the onlybooks used by a large number of pupils, it is important thatthe greatest care should be taken in its preparation. A merestory reader is not wanted. An inspirational, informativereader dealing with South African topics, intelligible andinteresting to the Natives, is what is needed. 3. The nature of the EngUsh or Dutch and the vernaculargrammar taught should be different. The latter might beanalytical and corrective, the former should be constructiveand instructional.^ * The difference may be illustrated thus: what is wanted for thevernacular is a grammar similar to the Latin grammars in use English and Dutch a book of the Language Lesson type isneeded. 282 THE EDUCATION OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN NATIVE <u a11 ?Sfa.
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