§ MR. VESEY KNOX (Cavan, W.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, in how many National Schools in Ireland instruction is given on the sloyd or kindergarten principle; and, whether he will call the attention of the National Board to the Report issued on this subject by the Scotch Education Department?
MR. JOHN MORLEYThe number of National Schools in which kindergarten exercises were taught in 1894 was 305, and the number of pupils examined in these exercises was 34,520. The special system known as "sloyd" is 800 not taught in any of the National Schools, but practical instruction of a kindred character was given in handicraft in the past year in 14 National Schools, and the number of pupils examined in the subject at the Annual Results Examinations of 1894 was 218. I shall refer the Report mentioned in the question to the National Board of Education.