EDUCATION AT HOME.
PROGRESS IN STATE SCHOOLS. (British Offic,.’ 1 ’Wireless.) BUG BY, February 23. The president of the Board of Education. Lord Eustace Percy, has issued figures which indicate the progress made in British State schools during the last five years. In 1928 there were 393,000 full time pupils in secondary schools in England and Wales, as compared with 358,000 at the corresponding rate in 1923. In secondary schools the average number of pupils per teacher was 29.7 in 1927 to 1928, compared with 31.4 in 1922 to 1923. The number of classes containing more than 50 pupils in elementary schools had, during the same period been greatly reduced.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18200, 26 February 1929, Page 9
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110EDUCATION AT HOME. Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18200, 26 February 1929, Page 9
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