Report of the Minister of Education, Province of Ontario

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Excerpt from Report of the Minister of Education, Province of Ontario: For the Year 1919The statistics for 1918 reveal the extent and importance of the elementary school system. The number of schools, both rural and urban, was an increase of 34. The value of the school property was Their equip ment was valued at an increase of in the year. The cost of staffing the schools has risen in ten years from an annual charge of to one of The salaries advanced steadily during each year of the War, but not, of course, proportionally to the needs of the teachers. The salary bill is one indication that the Province, beset by many other obligations and embarrass ments during the past ten years, has not proved unmindful of its duty toward education. The grand total of expenditures upon the elementary schools has increased in ten years from to In view of these state ments, the idea that the schools have suffered from neglect or parsimony on the part of the people at large must be set aside. The enrolled attendance in these schools during 1918 was which was the highest on record, although the average attendance, for reasons already touched upon, was not quite so good. The educational trust, which is expressed in the elementary school system is, there fore, one of magnitude, one not to be overlooked in the extensions and improve ments which must also attend secondary and university education, and one which exhibits in its essential features, a healthy and substantial condition.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.