78. Mr. Edmund Harveyasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education whether the accommodation in public elementary schools is still based on the assessment made over 30 years 361 ago; and whether it is proposed to make any re-assessment of this accommodation in the light of educational experience?
§ The Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education (Mr. Kenneth Lindsay)Most of the schools which have not yet been reorganised are assessed on a standard of 10 square feet for each child over 8 years old and 9 square feet for each child under 8. These measurements are being revised on the standard of 12 square feet for each child over 11 years old and 10 square feet for each child under 11, as the schools are reorganised, subject, of course, to the overriding limitations of 40 and 50 as maximum numbers of pupils per class.