§ MR. YOXALLTo ask the Secretary to the Board of Education whether under the terms of Article 38 (iv.), Code for Public Elementary Schools, it is intended that scholars in higher elementary schools shall be prepared for particular trades or generally for industrial life; and at what date the evening schools regulations will be in the hands of Members.
(Answered by Mr. Lough.) The hon. Member's Question as to the purpose of higher elementary schools is not one which can be answered properly in a sentence. It is important to have considerable latitude to suit differing circumstances. The Consultative Committee of the Board of Education have recently given special consideration to this Question, and I am hoping to issue in a few days, directly I receive it from the printers, a very valuable Report which they have compiled upon the problem in question. The evening school regulations will be in the hands of Members in two or three days.