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370 EDUCATION IN FRANCE.
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- The State lias assumed ; of late years , a more direct control over . the Primary Scliools tlian it formerly exercised . Thusamong other
, innovations , the examinations of the pupils of these establishments , ¦ which were formerlconducted bdelegates of each arrondissemerit
or communeare now y conducted y by examiners appointed by the Minister of , Public Instruction . It seems to be the opinion of the
teachers that these examinations are now more thorough than formerly , but that the State is less liberal in its action with regard to
stance the Prim the ary teaching Schools of than drawing were the and Munici some pal other authorities branches . , For which
informed , part of the regular course , of instruction in the Girls' Schools , when the management of the Primary department was vested more
exclusively in the hands of the latter , has been almost abandoned in these schools since they have passed under the closer supervision
of the State . Pupils are received in tl _* e Primary Schools from their seventh to
_* . their fifteenth year . The assistance afforded to the master in the boys' department enables him to class his scholars in two divisions ,
the beginners forming a Preparatory Class , and taking their lessons in a separate room ; an arrangement of evident utility . But the
girls being- restricted to a single teacher , are necessarily kept together ; the presence of the younger scholars being often a great
hindrance to the progress of the elder ones . The discipline employed in the Primary as in the Secondary
Schools of Prance is limited by law to the detention of an idle or refractory pupil after school hours ; a reprimand addressed to the
culprit in the presence of the school ; and the exclusion of pupils who prove themselves incorrigible by these measures . Corporeal
punishment of all kinds is expressly forbidden ; and its infliction by a teacher would render him liable to the penalties attached to a
breach of the law . In many of the Primary Schools the rooms appropriated to the
boys' department serve for various Evening Classes for lads and for adults , who assemble there for instruction after their day ' s
work . In one of the most considerable of the Paris schools , the boys' side of the building contains five large halls , and several
smaller rooms , in which , besides a Normal Primary Class , various other Evening Classes are held Rve times a week . One of the
smaller rooms is fitted up as a studio for a class of modellers in clay , who have not only attained considerable proficiency in copying
busts and models , but have lately attempted original composition with very encouraging success . These classes are open from eight
till ten ; the rooms ( which are whitewashed , and conveniently fitted up with plain wooden desks , benches , and shelves ) being lighted ,
warmed , and supplied with all ' necessary appliances , by the municipality . The admission to these classes is gratuitous ; but those
who attend them are expected to provide their" own stationery ,
books , etc . The average attendance of young men above fifteen
370 Education In France.
370 EDUCATION IN FRANCE .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Aug. 1, 1860, page 370, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01081860/page/10/
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