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    Elementary Education In England And Wale...

    Elementary Education in England and Wales . —The Report of the Committee of the

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    facts in regard to the Elementary Schools of England and Wales r . It appears that there

    are ^^^^^^* ^^^* VSHBK 19 ^^^ ^^^^ , ^^ 328 ^ ^*^^ ^^^ ' ^ schools - ^^^^ ^^^^ b « r ¦ bi ^^^ undt I ^ tr ^^^ ^ ^ r ^^^^ separate " ^ v . « v y ^ Jnf - ^^ ^ b >^ q *^^ b W management * 0 V ^ T ^ B > ^ BBBb ^ W V ^ V V ^ # ^ K JL V ^^^ ^ Bb ^^ B ^ on the - ^» - list for inspection ; these schools

    con-~—^ ^» ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^ v ^ v - ^^ ^^ b - ^ i ^ ' ^^^ ^^^^^ m ¦ ^ 1 ^ - ^^ - ^^ - ^* ^^ - ^«* - ^^^^ v ^ 1 ^ ^^ ^^ ^ b ^ ~^^ ^ b ^ ^^ tr ^^^ •¦> ^ b > ^^^^ ^ ^ ^ p ^^^ ^^^^ ^ ^ ^ B ^^ Bj tain 29 , 220 departments ^ , under separate headt ~^^ eac " ^^ ¦* ^ ~^ W h ^^^^ ers - ^^ ^^— ¦^ ' ^ , ^ m and ' ^^ ^ ^^^— - ^^ " ^^ provide ¦> ^ ^^ " ^^ v ^^™ ^^^^— ' ^^ accommodation ^^ - ^ - ^^ - ^^ ^ . ^ ^» ^^ H . W ^^ ^^^^ ^^^ " ^ b ^ Bb Vb * Bb 7 *¦^¦ Bb * , . ^ ^ Bfe ^ W ^ for Bbi ^^ B ^ «* W

    number on 5 , 385 the , 643 reg in scholars ister attendance is . 4 , The 714 3633 , 026 number 094 , and . of Whilst the scholars actual the |

    increase of the population , during , the year is _ estimated H » ¦ ¦ at 1 * 35 percent . the »* b accommodation i 1 BbBi b h

    - ^^ - ^ ^» .. ^ m ^^ ¦ - W ^^ " ^^ ¦* " ' ^ ^^^ " " ^^^ ^ i ^ " BT —» ^ i ^^ ^^ " ^» » ™^ ^» ^^ » , ^ ^ ^^ » ' ^^ ^ fc ^^^^ J « dfc ^ B > ^^ ^^ ^^ B ^ B ^ JV *^ ^ Ba ^ ,- * ^ Bk ^ B | the the in the scholars scholars schools o on n has the the increased registers registers h h 1 * ave avf 47 per moreo mnrftnvfir cent ver . ;

    increased 1 * 13 per cent ., and th , average , attendance - ^ OP h b b has ¦ hV ¦ im also gone up 2 b * 48 Bk r cent .

    The ^ . ^^ V "W ^^ «* V school ^^^^«^^ ip > ^ ^ Btf * ^^^ ^ p ^^* ^ ence ^^^ b ^ VT ^^ h r ^^ ^> ave ^ «^ BBk ri ^^ ^^ ^ sen . ^ ^ h ^*^» BT ^ f rom . ^ . ^ - «^^ ^^^^ £ 1 pe ^^ , 833 " ^^^ ^«^^ , 985 ^ ^ B > ^ Bk ^ b * V to ^^ P kH £ r ^^ r- 1 ^^^ - ^ , ^ h 861 . ^^^ . ^^ ^^^^^ , ^ h 705 BJ ^^^ ^^^ . ^* The ^^ i ^ P ^ ^^ V ^^^ ^^ i' annual ^^ ^ P ^^ v ^^^ ^^ - ^^ ^^ ~— —~ - ~~ " ~—^ Government ^ . ^^ w ^^^^ « ^ B ^ V >^ ^^ ^^ K ^ BW ^ b > Vk ^ bHf ^ BB * BB ^ B' grants B ^^^ k MBb Vb * W ^ Bk ^ Bb *^ F Bb ^ B ^

    to Elementary Schools rose in the year from £ 3071547 to £ 3166110 orin other words from , 17 , « . 5 c ? . to , 17 > s . Q , \ d . , per scholar in ,

    ™» ^¦ ^ " » ^^ ^™ ^^ ^^^^ B ^ ^^ ^ b ' ^ ^ ^ ^^ ^ " B ^ ^— ¦ y - * - ~ " ^ ^ b — ^^» ^^» r ^^ ^ b ^ ^^ V . ^ ~ ~ ^ . ^ ' ^ i 1 ^^ b ^ Bb ^^ ^^ average 44565 certificate attendance d . teacher The ^ inspectors at work in found the

    aided , schools ; whilst the 44 Training Colleges , from frnm which whi ^ h the t . h fi fiimr > l 1 v of of such su rVh teachers tflar'lifirs is in

    chiefly obtained , supp are y attended by 3 , 277 students . It is somewhat

    discouraginghow-, cent ever ^ bf > ^ b ^ r ^ M ^» -m * , m , of ^ b to ^ ^ i ^ the ^ iv tfB learn n ^ B ^ ' children ^ r ^^ ^» ^^ ^^ that - ^^ 'wv ^ i ^ - ^ v ^^^^— not ^ above p ^^ p r 1 ^^ ^^^^ * more ^^ v ten ^^ ^ r p ^ «^ than were * v " ^ tpr ^^ - ^^^ presented 67 h ^^ ^^ * ^^ 66 B ^ br ^ b' ¦¦ # . ¦ . per ^ v ^^« r ^^

    to the inspectors for examination in standards appropriat B ^ PBjP Vb ^ M *^ rfBB ^^ V ^ T « Bh M «* 'W ^ VbT e « v * to ^^ ^^ their ^ V BVIfl ^ ^ b ^ ^ 4 B age W | Bh ^ b * . V ^ After ^^ H * ^ ^^ ^ ipT ^^ ff Standard ^ m ^ ^ p > II l | ^ Jb > bfWVUb ^ i * B ^ fp IV B ^ ^ .

    and has been comparativel passed , the y few numbers remain rap at idl school y diminish long ,

    enough to offer themselves for examination in Standard "VII . We have , of course , only

    however to touched uched , on on who one one aspect aanect consult oi of it the the will Renort . Report find ; : that those thnsA it ,. bruitlfes with valuable and suggestive statistics ^

    concerning the progress of elementary education . ;

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• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Sept. 16, 1889, page 1095, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_16091889/page/13/