18G 



REPORTS ON THE STATE OF SCIENCE. 



M 



Ni 



Nii 



Oi 



()ii 



No. of 



( llasses 



Three. 



Three. 



Three. 



Six. 



Throe. 



Three. 



4. 



Basis of Classification and 

 Promotion 



5. 



Children returned 



to 



Ordinary School 



Attainments (chiefly manual) deter- Yes ; eight. 

 mine classification. 



Promotion by proficiency in three R'.s ; 

 but older children usually placed in 

 the first class. 



Yes ; eight. 



Classification by proficiency in three R's. Only one within 

 Promotion by progress in same. last eighteen 



months. 



Classification according to elementary 

 work. Children who are better in 

 one subject are allowed to go in a 

 higher class for that subject. 



Eleven in eight 



years. 



Classification on ability in three I!' 

 Promotion on ability in three El's. 



Nine 



According to ability in occupations, 

 general common-sense, and useful- 

 ness. 



None, 



