§ Sir J. POWERasked the President of the Board of Education the number of classes in elementary schools now containing more than 50 pupils each and, for comparison, the number five years ago?
§ Lord E. PERCYThe number of classes containing more than 50 pupils on 31st March, 1928, was 16,686, as compared with 24,958 on 31st March, 1924. The figures for 31st March, 1923, are not strictly comparable, but there was a reduction in the number of large classes in the year 1923–24.
§ Sir J. POWERasked the President of the Board of Education the average num- 1317W ber of pupils per teacher in the elementary schools now and, for comparison, the number five years ago?
§ Lord E. PERCYThe average number of pupils per teacher in elementary schools was 29.7 in 1927–28 and 31.4 in 1922–23.