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REPORTS ON THE STATE OF SCIENCE, ETC. 

 Table VIII. 



Scheme showing hours per week allotted to Natural Science subjects in the Three-year 

 Secondary School (Middelskole). Ages 14-17. 



Particulars regarding the various types of Gymnasia have been kindly supplied by 

 Mr. Otto Grenness, the Kirke- og Undervisningsdepartementets skolekyndige 

 konsulent, Oslo. They are as follows : 



Table IX. 



Scheme showing hours per week allotted to Natural Science subjects in the Three-year 



Gymnasium. Ages 17-20. 



Table X. 



Scheme showing hours per week allotted to Natural Science subjects in the Four-year 



Gymnasium (Landsgymnaset). 



The Parliamentary School Commission of 1922-1927 has reported in favour of the 

 establishment of a five-year Gymnasium. 



Secondaby Schools in Sweden. 



Every boy and girl studies both animal and plant biology to a substantial degree, 

 including human physiology and hygiene. The work is co-ordinated with that in 

 Physics and Chemistry. 



The Scheme for the Primary School agrees with that of Norway in including 

 Hjemstedslaere. Particulars regarding Realskola and Gymnasium are given in 

 ' Sweden,' a historical and statistical handbook by J. Guinchard. 



The syllabus kindly supplied by the Ecklesiastik-Departementet, Stockholm, 

 indicates that in the six-year Secondary School the number of hours per week allotted 

 to Biology is as follows :— 2 : 2 : 2 : 1 :"2 : 2. 



Secondaky Schools in Denmark. 



Every boy and girl studies both animal and plant biology to a substantial degree, 

 including human physiology and hygiene. The work is co-ordinated with that in 

 Physics and Chemistry. 



