§ SIR R. TEMPLE (Surrey, Kingston)said, ho wished to move—
That an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty praying that She will cause the Evening Continuation Schools Code to be amended in the following particulars:—and he asked the Vice President to be good enough to amend the Code accordingly. He would not go in detail through the points of his Motion, but would confine himself by putting them to the Vice President of the Council in the form of questions.
- (1) Only one marking of the registers of attendance to be. required during one session of the school;
- (2) In Article 13 the arrangement of a fixed grant, plus variable grants, to be replaced by one grant and that a fixed one; and
- (3) The drawing to be inspected and tested in like manner to the other subjects of the Code;"
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Motion made, and Question proposed,
That an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty praying that She will cause the Evening Continuation Schools Code to be amended in the following particulars:—
§ * THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL (Mr. A. ACLAND,) York, W.R., Rotherhamsaid, it would be a great convenience to him and to the House if all questions concerning the Evening Continuation Schools Code could be put at once instead of being divided and put on successive 1635 evenings. With regard to the one marking of the Register the Department had offered to approve any proper plan of marking, and had invited School Boards and managers to submit plans. As to a fixed grant, he could quite believe that arrangement would be popular with those who wished to earn money easily, but there would be no guarantee that any scholar had received sufficient instruction. In reference to the last point, he was trying to establish an adequate staff of Inspectors at South Kensington, but it was not possible at present to alter the method of examination in drawing.
§ Question put, and negatived.