We note with great satisfaction that the Kent Education Committee
have been informed by the Board of Education that they will be prepared to consider proposals for the inclusion, under Article 44 of the Code, of a scheme for teaching rifle. shooting in the curriculum of a public elementary school, upon the following conditions :—" (a) Special care should be taken that the time allotted to the proposed instruction should not unduly encroach upon the time at present required for' physical training. The Board regard careful attention to an all-round system of physical development as an essential preliminary and accompaniment to any such special exercises as rifle-shooting. (b) Rifle-shooting should be restricted to boys of proper physique, and to boys who have reached the age of 12 years. (c) A short definite scheme of instruction should be submitted." In these circumstances the Kent Education Committee have approved the subject as a proper one for inclusion in the curriculum, and they have agreed in one instance, Eynsford National School, to the inclusion of the subject in the school curriculum, but are not offering any financial assistance.
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