§ 59. Mr. Kenneth Lindsayasked the President of the Board of Education how many classes in elementary schools contained over 35 pupils on the latest date for which statistics are available?
§ Mr. ButlerOwing to the necessity for reducing the collection of statistics to a minimum in war-time I am unable to give particulars for a date later than 31st March, 1938, when there were 74,455 classes containing 36 or more pupils in public elementary schools.
§ Mr. HarveyCan the Minister give any indication as to whether there has been an increase, broadly, in the number of over-crowded classes?
§ Mr. ButlerIt is impossible to give a generalisation, but in some cities there is a tendency for some classes to be too large.