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EDUCATION

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ENGLAND AND WALES

Being the Report of the Board of Education for the School Year

1925-26

Presented to Parliament by Command of His Majesty

LONDON

PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY HIS MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE To be purchased directly from H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE at the following addresses: Adastral House, Kingsway, London, W.C.2; 120, George Street, Edinburgh; York Street, Manchester; 1, St. Andrew's Crescent, Cardiff;

15, Donegall Square West, Belfast;

or through any Bookseller.

1927

Cmd. 2866.

Price

35. od. Net.

6. The Teaching of Arithmetic in Elementary Schools ..
7. The Board's Short Courses for Rural Teachers. Subject matter
of the course; staffing; selection of teachers; locale of the
courses; interior organisation; value of the courses;
courses organised by local authorities

8. Certified Efficient Schools, Poor Law Schools and Canal Boat
Children ..

CHAPTER III.-SECONDARY SCHOOLS

1. School Supply and Number of Pupils

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2. The Regulations for Secondary Schools, 1926

3. Free Places

4. Ages of Pupils and Length of School Life

5. Staffing and Size of Classes

6. Advanced Courses

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7. Pupils proceeding from Secondary Schools to Universities.
8. Abolition of Duplication of Grant-Circular 1381

9. Miscellaneous

10. Schemes under the Charitable Trusts Acts and Endowed Schools Acts for Secondary Schools and for Exhibitions 11. Secondary Schools Examinations Council CHAPTER IV.-CONTINUATION, Technical and COMMERCIAL SCHOOLS

1. Revision of the Regulations

2. The Work in England (excluding Monmouthshire). Statistics;
the factors which influence part-time attendance; progress
in buildings and equipment; new types of instruction;
National Certificates; Short Courses for teachers; In-
pection and Reports

CHAPTER V.-THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART, ART SCHOOLS, ART
EXAMINATIONS AND ART SCHOLARSHIPS

1. The Royal College of Art. The curriculum; students; the
College in 1925-26

3. Examinations and Awards in Art

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CHAPTER VI.-ADULT EDUCATION, THE ADULT EDUCATION COMMITTEE
AND PUBLIC LIBRARIES

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CHAPTER VII.-CHOICE OF EMPLOYMENT AND THE JUVENILE Organ-
ISATIONS COMMITTEE

1. Choice of Employment

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2. Royal Scholarships and Free Studentships in Science and Art
3. Whitworth Scholarships

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CHAPTER X.-THE SCHOOL MEDICAL SERVICE AND ITS ALLIED ACTIVI-
TIES

2. The School Medical Service in Public Elementary Schools
3. The School Medical Service of Higher Education

4. Special Schools for Children under 16 ..

5. Vocational Courses for Blind, etc., Students over 16..

6. Organisation of Physical Training

7. Evening Play Centres

8. Nursery Schools ..

9. Provision of Meals