§ DR. MACNAMARA (Camberwell, N.)To ask the Secretary to the Board of Education whether he will consider the desirableness of replacing the recently issued Model Course of Physical Drill for Children by a course more suited to the needs of young children than the present compilation, which is prepared from the Soldiers' Drill Book.
(Answered by Sir William Anson.) The Board of Education have no present intention of replacing the Model Course of Physical Training. But they are considering the desirableness of issuing a kind of introduction to the Model Course, showing the steps by which the series of exercises in it may be progressively acquired. This will greatly assist the managers of the smaller schools in introducing it. I may remind the hon. Member that though the Board strongly advocate a uniformity of system, both in the interests of the teachers (on whom falls the burden of imparting the physical training) and in those of efficient instruction, they are prepared to consider (and have in many cases approved) alternative schemes having the same scope and aim as the Model Course.