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the regulations of 1866 have been maintained. As
soon as the Communes or private persons procure a
house and furniture and educational appliances, and
give the teachers firewood, land, and grazing for a cow,
then the State gives a comparatively considerable
contribution to their salary — 800 marks for men, 600 for
women. The salary can be increased to 1200 and
900 marks. The rectors and chaplains may control
the religious instruction of these schools, but the
management is in the hands partly of inspectors, and
partly of a separate higher administration, in addition
to the elected local directors. The first seminary for
the education of teachers in these schools was established
in the interior, at Jyväskylä, for Finnish-speaking
young men and women; later, a number of other
seminaries have been added, especially in the towns
on the western coast, separate Finnish and Swedish
schools for men and women, as well as mixed schools.
In the higher elementary schools, reading, arithmetic,
and writing are taught; also history, geography, and
natural science, as well as designing and manual arts.
At present more than a seventh of the total number
of children are instructed in these schools. Private
persons have established some so-called “People’s High
Schools” for young, grown-up people of both sexes,
according to Danish models. The Russian Governor-General
does not favour giving public subventions to
these schools.
In the schools, as in other spheres, women hold
very important positions in Finland. Their right to
dispose of money earned, also of property at marriage
or on coming of age, is not peculiar to Finland; but
there is hardly any country where women make similar
efforts to obtain education and work. Women of the
higher classes do as much as those of the lower classes.
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