The London School Board has agreed upon its general scheme•
of education in a report brought up by Professor Huxley,—who- was the chairman of the Committee which drew it, and has won himself a deservedly conspicuous position on the Board by his clear judgment and his general strength,—several paragraphs. of which have already been adopted (with slight changes) at the two last meetings of the Board. The report proposes three classes of schools, infant schools for children under seven, in which the sexes are to be mixed,—junior schools for children between seven and ten, in which boys and girls may be taught either together or • apart, as seems most desirable in each locality, and senior schools, for children between ten and thirteen or upwards, in which the boys. and girls should be taught separately;—the junior and senior schools to be organized, as far as possible, on the large scale for schools of 500 each, but the infant schools not to exceed 250 or 300 at the moat. Sixteen teachers are to be allotted to a school of 500, one head, four certificated assistant-teachers, and eleven pupil-teachers. The schools are to be open generally five hours. daily for five days in the week. Corporal punishment is not to bo absolutely forbidden, but it is never to be inflicted by pupil- teachers, and never at all without the sanction of the head-master, and its frequent use will be regarded as a sign of a teacher's in- competence. Scripture with explanations, music, and drill are to be taught in every school.
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