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Between Two Wars

In the last year of the War of of our secondary education.

passed an spite of

it declared: "Every man 1914-18 this country.

In and mortar alone do not make acute difficulties the good school, and that ultimately size of grant-earning educational values depend on the

the state, as soon as he our educational history.

No doubt much of the advance! during that period and ever since

that has been made since 1918' sets foot on Polish soil,

That Act declared it to be the there has been steady growth. duty of the Local Education Auth- Whereas in 1914 the number of can be ascribed to the fact that' becomes free." Hertzberg, orities-who, under the super-pupils in State-aided secondary since then the whole position of Minister of the Prussian vision of the Board of Education, schools was 187,200 the number the teaching profession has been Admittedly are responsible for educational in 1938 was 470,000 of whom some substantially raised. Frederick II, declared that administration-to provide for 365,000 or 77 per cent, had pass- prior to 1914 the remuneration of,

public elementary teachers, was generally, very low its adoption was one of the progressive development and ed on from

of schools. With this increase in but since 1918, recognised scales. organisation comprehensive the great events of the education in their areas with a secondary education and the bet-of salary, have been agreed upon,

establishment of alter

secondary and service has been made pen- century and predicted view to the

national system of public educa- that it would have great-tion available for all persons er results even than the capable of profiting thereby."

Within the limits of this short Revolution in France.

article it is not possible to trace, even in outline, the history of the

coming or returning to act of faith-the Education Act, average

1918 which was a land-mark in schools rose by over 40 per cent, teachers.

organisation of

By Herwald

After a century and a progress made since that date. I Ramsbotham,

half heart-breaking strug-will therefore content myself with

throwing д spotlight on some

gle against more power outstanding features of our educa- President of The Board ful neighbours, Polish tional advance.

The Act of 1918 abolished half-

them.

of Education

Scholarships

sionable under a State scheme.

As I have said, but for the war compulsory education would have, been extended to the sage of 15,1

inevitably but our progress has been broken. It is, indeed, some- times thought that our educational system has been thrown complétë- ly out of gear by war-time con- ditions.

Naturally the impact of war has necessitated improvisations and enforced irregularities, but in general the system has stood up to such difficulties remarkably well,

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Teachers and the Local Educa THESE FACTS MAKE

territory, twice before par- Helping The Child titioned and occupied, is again in possession of the time attendance at elementary schools, a closer connection has

between them Notwithstanding the upsets due enemy. There could have schools, and exemptions before been established

vulnerable to safer been no celebration of the the end of the term in which the and the Universities, as will be to the evacuation of schoolchild-

ren from age of 14 is reached. This secur- seen from the following figures. old free Constitution of ed a very large increase in the

areas, and damage to school pro- action, over mises by enemy 1791 in Warsaw this year.lementary schools and necessi- number of senior children in the

4,435,000 out of some 4,000,000 But Poland herself en- tated a fresh consideration of the In 1920, 2,800 pupils proceed-children in our elementary schools for full-time give ed to a University from the grant- are still. enrolled dures. Her Government, appropriate schooling to

earning secondary schools. In schooling, a further 119,000 are

risen temporarily established in

ele-1938 the number had

to receiving part-time instruction, As a result the modern

while only some 41,000 are, at the London, continues to mentary school is now very dif- 4,200.

ferent from its predecessors. It This development owes much time of writing, without schooling function and Poles the is no longer simply a box of class- the award of State scholarships, altogether.

which children are granted to pupils in secondary world over give to it their rooms. In

1910. 200 staunch support. A Polish taught the bare elements of pri- schools, and initiated in

now Starting with the award of mary education. Space is brigade formed a year ago provided for proper organisation scholarships per annum the num-

which enables children to be ber has now been increased and composed of men who grouped in accordance with their 300. made their way out ages, attainments and abilities. Technical and commercial edu-There is no doubt, too, that those In short, the school has become cation in this country is largely children who have been trans- through the deep snow of something more than a teaching pursued concurrently with em- the Taurus Mountains is shop. It is a place with space, ployment, students taking their ferred from town to country have fighting the foe along-where light, playgrounds and, courses after working hours in benefited very greatly both phy- There is, indeed, sically and mentally. Quite apart the evenings. side the British in Egypt, which offer an environment in a long tradition of evening class from the advantages of fresh air

children can enjoy attendance. In normal

and country life, they are finding times -New Polish battalions are

healthy growth. there are well over one million new interests and new outlooks.

Once again, in the middle of a forming on British soil In addition, provision has been students in our evening classes.

This is not to say that there is struggle for life and death, we are and recruits from the made on a widely extended scale

for practical instruction in handi- not, a measure, of full-time, tech-thinking of educational develop- ment, for the post-war period. We motherland and Polish crafts, domestic subjects and nical and commercial education shall want to do our best for the

both senior and Junior, But the settlements abroad pour gardening.

future generations. In 1930 an Aat was passed rais- great mass of such education is,

The two main advances which in to swell their ranks, ing the age for compulsory school as I bave said, a matter of part- I hope to see secured are the Polish aviators are aiding attendance to 15. By the time time, attendance.

It is not possible to show pro- raising of the school leaving age in the defence of Britain war broke out a scheme for the

proper organisation of separate gress in terms of any striking In- to 15 and the introduction of Day Continuation Schools. and Polish sailors man senior schools for senior elemen-crease in the number of students, compulsory

As far back as 1910 students tary school pupils was well on the

airiness,

which a

totion Authorities have responded magnificently to the difficult tasks which have faced them.

Polish warcraft in the way towards completions enrolled in evening classes num If this system can be introduc British fleet.

The raising of the age has, bered over three-quarters of aed we shall be able to look after however, had to be suspended million. But during the past 20 the training and physical weld

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Poland lives on, waiting during the war. It is one of the years there has been a steady do fare of all our young people. The HONG KONG. for her day of liberation advances which we shall hope to velopment in the standard of pro- result will be a nation alert and take in hand as soon as possible vision made, and, a number of fit in mind and body ready to take and firm in the convic-uiter victory has been achieved: up-to-date and well-equipped up whatever tasks a free demo- tion that the day will During the war of 1914-1918 a technical institutions have been cracy may be called upon to shoulder in the years that le remarkable and unexpected Im- brought into being,

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