§ Sir J. Graham Kerrasked the President of the Board of Education whether, in view of the stimulus to mental development in children given by training in handwork, he will take steps to make such training compulsory and adapted to the sex of the particular child?
§ Mr. EdeThe Education Act, 1921, lays the duty upon local education authorities of securing that there should be included in the curriculum of public elementary schools, at appropriate stages, practical instruction suitable to the ages, abilities and requirements of the children. The importance of handwork is strongly emphasised in the Board's volume of suggestions for teachers, and in normal times some training in handwork, adapted to the sex and age of the children, forms part of the curriculum of all elementary schools in England and Wales.