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Improvements in education, 1942-1945 497

Report on tho work of tho Education
Department during 10415.

Accord inf; to tho annual otnatioo of the aohoolu aubmittod
wjtl. thio roport one ncr.v school lino boon opened and tJ.o nurabor
0j students incruuaod froia 1360 to 1412. Those figuros In no
way indicate tho prograus of tho oohoolo during tho your.
For the pust tliroo yearu our policy has boon to rostriot
t:;o uuitbor of pupila and at tho anno time to iiicrouao tho stuff
and niunbor of olnaooo. Tho flgurua below give come indication
oi tho extent to which this has boon ourriod out during 1943.
roriworly u conploto primary school conuiutod of 0 grudou. In
October 1943 n uovonth grade wan added and t:;o cla.ioou ronumod
tiiuu fermine 3 Kindergarten and 4 primary ijradoo.
January to July 1943. October to Dooaubor 1943.
Av. Max. Min. Av. Max. Min.
Primary 50 80 30 1 Kindorgurton 38 40 31 par
t! 43 57 36 2 35 40 25 ola 33
m 29 32 27 3 30 40 25 it
It 23 20 10 1 Primary 27 35 25 «f
H 33 40 21 2 it 27 39 14 ii
ii 14 1G 11 3 n 18 21 13 ti
4 H 13 15 11 •i
Total No. of cluoa 20 Totul No. of oluaa 30.
TJiero uro now 5 of thoao Primary Oohoolo ouch with their
Kindergarten sections qb against 3 of last your, for in addition
to the Now School tho Villugo School of hufaa has now boon oon-
vortod into a Primary School. They follow a common syllubus and
uro provided with books for all studonto in all uubjocto. In
October Handwork and Drawing wore uddod to tJio curriculum.
Tho inoroaao in tho number of olassos has mount tho engage­
ment of io additional staff. Moat of thoao wore found locally,
uix boing from tho Secondary school. There iiuu lieon u narkod
inprovuiiiMiit in tho otundurd of touchin,: throughout ti.o your,
jvirtioulurly in the Kindergarten c-lassoo.

iconuury School.
Tiier.- uro throe forma in tho Secondary School, In October
l«utf ut tho beginning of tho school your very few boyu wore
admitted from tho Primary Schools and promotion within tho
soliviol was atriotly limitod. In thin wuy it wuu poosiblo to
Advunoo tJio ourrioulujft by ono year. Thun Form 1 in doing tho
jwiv of luut year’a Fonu 2; tho now Fora 2 that of last year's
Farm 3 unc tho now Form 3 uro working on a more advanced
nyilubuu.
Tho Prim/*ry iSducuti n of tho premia t Secondary Sohoolboya
•ma, tiirougli no fuult of thoir own, vary poor. Thoir knowledge
Arithmetic did not extend boyond a ouporfioial ao qua! at unco
tho Four Rules, Algebra, Geometry and Trlgonoiuotry wore
unknown to them. They had 'road three booko' in English but
oould not make uoo of the languuge in any way. Tho History
niid Googruphy woro limitod to a few uuclose 'foots' that they
had committed to memory. It is on thio basis that we have to
build our ttooonlary Education. Arithmetic Algebra, Trigonometry,
Soionoo, History and Ooograpliy had to be taught from tho bogin-
Thus we have the anomaly of Primary Sohoolboys studying
books which are used in tho higher Forma of the 8eoondary Sohool,
2/-