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    trtrtk tt ^* ed * itw atid trikwg oonflng ^ tkm ig m frti l ^ ittid to thW * tattstical auction 4 > f Hit British Aiteotiiattoi * « ti BmteV < c on t * e fetat * of Education hi the Botoagb of K * e ^ po&ttf * aftetr atathig very minutely the result * of the investigation i * - i stitcF&tilj ' thef Commktea p roceed to enumerate , ** in motftf- « geaaml t ^ rms * tha < Pandas ions to whieb their inqmtiea hht 4-1

    led thetn / Among these are the follovring :- — ! << "First . More than half the whole number of chlldffcri in the borough are receiving no education in schools , either feaHy or nominally , :,-. <*¦» -. " Secondly . Of those who do attend school , more tbanorte- ** third are the children attending dame and common day sefeooiiy ) some of whote acquire nothing by their attendance &t sch 4 >*§

    to which the term education can reasonably be applied , &ridp wi € k few € fxception 8 , the remainder receive an cdoca ^ on of the very lowest description , * ? ? .. - >•/ " Thirdly , There is stated to be in these schools an itafrrefifrl warrt of school-rooms and school materials , a rety freqMti 4 « warlt # f order and discipline , a total absence of fcny mttnf&tm system of instruction , ami 4 i a body of teachers wba , iitt -fe i ^^

    exceptions , are of the lowest class , who bare received ju > £# 4 paratioii for their task by previous echioatidBy whotfe cotApte * tency has been submitted to no test , and who are , in ' ffce ^ totally unqualified for their situation ^ both froto want of kjttotr ledg ^ and of moral influence over th £ childTeft ^ * ^ / r # Add to this melancholy but faithfol representation ef ( te condition of the lowest order of schools throughout the cotttfy $ ki

    the vast mass of evil springing from the waane solinceg , b ^ t « modified degree , which the middle class of fttehoote pf&H * 6 fr } and whit a commentary does the wiiate afibfd vtpoti the <* dainrger of interrupting the flow of private chftrity ! * This state of things can be effectively met only fey "Aft systematic establish ment of master-schools and titfttibtii

    schools ; nothihg short of this will ensure educatrdHy frreddf the most imperfect kmd , to those who are to become * # d # teapbers of the next generation ; still less would any tfttrfner medteuPe provide for all such persons anything tik 4 instfucH&ft in th * art * f teaching . . . / Bat an expression in the report I have just qtioted , t ^ eatlU ing of the schoolmasters of Liverpool , " nhotecmnpettiufikk been submitted to no test / refers us to another etafifraf Dteiirii ,

    of an alleviative characte ' r , capable of kfitMdiate flNtd [/ t >< WJ and which , one * in action , fvottld off tt ^ cesfi ity itnritt * y > tendency towards p rogressive improvement in the conmtibfc of sehock i m fcr as tWot condition depends ort tlw qytfhfd ^ g ^ t In speakmg of the " qWificJ ^ l ^ ' ^ felM ^ iw t ^ Mlr

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1836, page 601, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2663/page/19/