§ 19. Mr. MORGAN JONESasked the President of the Board of Education whether he can make any statement as to the action taken with regard to the condition of the non-provided schools in Ramsgate; whether he is aware that in 1693 four departments of these schools three classes are taught in one room and in the other three departments two classes are taught in one room; that these classes are sometimes between 50 and 60 in size; that in one of these departments, between December, 1921, and July, 1922, there were three heavy falls of plaster from a ceiling 25 feet above the children's heads, and that at present there are 46 cracks in the same cealing; and whether, in these conditions, where old buildings have been either dangerous to the safety or health of the children or the efficiency of instruction, the Board will continue to approve, and itself press for, such action as will bring them more nearly up to the standard at which the Board aims?
Mr. WOODFive of the schools in Ramsgate have been specially visited by His Majesty's Inspector and a member of the Board's architect's staff. I have not yet received their joint report, but I need hardly say that I shall give it careful consideration.