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elementary education.
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The regulations are issued as to the general organization of the schools
in accordanoe with the .local requirements, as to the division of the
district into territories, as to the number of the scholars per each teacher,
as to the seasons and the daily hours of teaching, as to the discipline,
and as to the duties of the teachers etc. Likewise the regulations
must contain a complete syllabus of instruction. The school
regulations are drawn up by the School Board, after the teaching staff
has been consulted, and after the Vestry Meeting has determined about
certain parts thereof; they are then sent on to the Government Inspector
and forward with his remarks to the Chapter who is empowered to
sanction them, if approved. In case the Chapter and the Inspector have
a different opinion on oertain heads, these heads must be submitted to
the Elementary Schools Board, before the regulations can be entirely
confirmed.
The contents of the particular rules, above mentioned, are
administrative details as to admission of the children, as to procure school
materials and furnish the scholars with books, and as to cleaning and warming
of the school rooms etc. That rules are drown up and established by the
School Board, after the teaching staff has been consulted, and after the
Inspector has expressed his opinion on the proposed rules.
The course of instruction in the infant schools is normally two years,
and in the elementary school proper normally four years. These six
years constitute the obligatory elementary school course. Children who
have passed through this course undergo a final examination
(avgångsprövning) under the superintendence of the School Board or of persons
expressly appointed for this purpose. Those who pass this examination
receive a "final certificate" (avgångsbetyg). It has been indicated that
every child is expected to go through the complete course. There is,
however, an exception in favour of children who are too poor to remain
on at the school as long as would be necessary for this purpose; these
children may obtain permission to leave the school on attaining a lower
standard of acquirements, known as the "Minimum".
If parents or guardians are too poor to find the children in clothes
and to maintain them at the school, it devolves on the Poor Belief
authorities to relive them.
Should parents or guardians neglect to cause the children to attend
school or hinder them from so doing, they receive a warning. Should
the warning be ineffectual, the children may be taken from home and
entrusted to the care of others; in this case, the cost of their maintenance
is recovered from the parents.
Vicious children who have a bad influence on their schoolfellows may,
if the necessary means are granted, be taken away from the school by
order of the School Board, and removed to a reformatory, or be otherwise
provided for.
The Teaching. The syllabus of instruction is drawn up for each school
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