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are maintained in connexion with these classes. The pupils' work at these plots is 

 a regular part of their school timetable. 



G. ' There are special schools of a semi-vocational nature at Bulawayo, where 

 there is a Junior Technical School, and at the Matopos, where there is a Junior School 

 of Agriculture. In both cases, however, about half the pupils' time is taken up with 

 English and ordinary cultural subjects, and the schools in question may therefore be 

 regarded as secondary schools, with, in the one case, a technical, and in the other an 

 agricultural bias. In both cases the schools are at present limited to three-year 

 courses, but it is likely that within the next few years both will be extended so as to 

 occupy the full five years of the secondary school course.' 



SECTION IV. 

 Conclusions. 



In closing their report the Committee wish to state the chief conclusions to which 

 their inquiry has led them, viz : — 



( 1 ) That when properly worked the introduction of studies on soil, the growing 

 plant, the management and utilisation of the soil and the broad outlines of agriculture 

 has been found to raise the standard of attainment in other subjects, besides giving 

 boys and girls the kind of practical training necessary to equip them, not only for 

 life overseas, but for life generally. 



(2) That laminations for the school certificate should be modified so as to give 

 due credit to practical training. 



(3) That there is need for a continued exploration of the whole subject of school 

 curricula with regard (1) to the incorporation of practical subjects, (2) to the develop- 

 ment of schemes of practical work suitable for different types of schools — urban as 

 well as country. 



(4) That there is even greater need for a thorough exploration of the means for 

 obtaining teachers suitably qualified to undertake the direction of these practical 

 studies. 



SECTION V. 



The Committee consider that their report would be incomplete without presenting 

 some of the detailed suggestions for syllabuses and schemes of work they have received 

 in the course of their investigation. They have therefore appended these, together 

 with a memorandum on certain aspects of education in rural schools by Sir John 

 Russell. 



It is not expected that these schemes can be adopted in the form they are 

 presented ; for it cannot be too strongly urged that every school should devise its 

 own scheme ; conditions and circumstances vary so widely that it is not possible 

 even if advisable, to set forth a plan applicable to all. It is hoped, however, that the 

 underlying principles will be adopted, and that the various schemes will furnish 

 material adaptable to any school. 



1. Memorandum by Sir John Russell, Director of the Rothamsted Experimental 

 Station. 



2. Memorandum by Mr. H. W. Cousins, Headmaster of the Grammar School, 

 Ulverston. 



3. Scheme of Agricultural Studies at Christ's Hospital, by Mr. G. Green, the 

 master in charge. 



4. Memorandum by Mr. G. W. Olive, Headmaster of the Dauntsey School, Wilts. 

 6. Memorandum by Dr. Vargas Eyre, Director of the Brewers' Research Institute, 



Epsom ; (late) Director of the Linen Research Institute, Belfast. 



6. Memorandum by Mr. C. H. Lockitt, Headmaster of Grammar School, Bimgay. 



7. Memorandum by Dr. NeU McQueen, Principal of a Girls' College at Croydon, 

 Sydney, N.S.W. 



