§ Mr. CLYNESasked the President of the Board of Education whether the South-port education authority has recently been urged to establish a public secondary school for boys; and whether he can report that any progress has been made to meet the necessities of working-class families?
§ The PRESIDENT of the BOARD of EDUCATION (Mr. J. A. Pease)The Board have no power to compel a local education authority to make provision for any education other than elementary. The Board have, since July, 1910, urged upon the local education authority the need for provision of a public secondary school for boys in the borough, on the ground that such a school is necessary for the children of working-class parents and other parents, of moderate means. On the 12th December, 1911, a motion to postpone the matter was defeated in the town council. On the 22nd February, 1912, the Board were in formed that a sub-committee had been appointed to report on sites and submit plans and estimates.