The Bill also contains the concordat by which non- provided
schools Will receive grants for reconstruction and upkeep on condition that the appointment of the teachers shall pass into the hands of the local authorities. The local authorities, however, will undertake to provide a sufficient number of teachers able to give religious instruction in a manner approved by the school managers. Sir Charles Trevelyan admitted that the necessary re- organization would not be completed by April, 1981, but he had been much encouraged by the reports he had received from the various areas. Lord Eustace Percy, while gratefully accepting the concordat, protested that the school-leaving age was being raised two and a half years too soon and that the result would be confusion. The Government evidently preferred a "forced dose of bad general education " to the principle of helping meritoriolis children to extend their education and of relating educa- tion to the industries in which the children must later earn their livings.
