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technical instruction.
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of a director for the mechanical department, a director for the electrical
department, an assistant, and servants. The number of tests carried out by this
institution has continuously increased and amounted in 1911 to 2 139.
C) The Technical Colleges aim at imparting 1mth. theoretical and
practical instruction in technical subjects to such persons as desire to
prepare themselves for industrial work.
These colleges are five in number and are situated at Malmö, Borås, Örebro,
Norrköping, and Härnösand. For the oldest of these colleges, that at Malmö,
statutes were issued on April 29th, 1853; for those at Borås, Örebro, and
Norrköping on March 12th, 1856. The school at Malmö began work in 1853; that
at Borås in 1856; those at Örebro and Norrköping in 1857. The college at
Härnösand was established by virtue of a Royal Proclamation of November 9th,
1900 and began work on August 28th, 1901. The statutes now in force for
the colleges are dated June 15th, 1877, with modifications of December 10th,
1886, May 29th, 1896, November 9th, 1900 and June 9th, 1905, according to
the last of which the regular masters are placed, with regard to salaries and
pensions, on the same level as corresponding teachers at the secondary schools,
while assistant teachers are remunerated at the rate of 125 kronor a year for
one lesson a week; a further modification of the statutes was issued on October
26th, 1906. The colleges are directly subordinate to the Royal Ecclesiastical
Department.
The Board of each college consists of a President nominated by the
Government, the Director of the school, and three other members, of whom one is
nominated by the Government and two by the Town Council. Further, the
Governor of the Län is ex officio member of the board and presides over the
meetings when he is present.
The courses of study extend over three years. The school year consists of
38 weeks, in addition to 4 days set apart for admission and leaving
examinations. The lowest age for admission is fixed at 14 years, but the pupils are
generally 17 years old on entering the colleges.
The admission examinations include the Swedish language, mathematics, history,
and geography. Youths who have passed the "realskolexamen" (Modern
School), with at least a pass certificate in mathematics, are exempt from
the admission examination, so long as they apply for admission at the latest
in the autumn term two years after passing the examination. During the last
three terms of the course of instruction the pupils are divided into three
departments: a mechanical, a chemical, and a building department.
The admission fee is 10 kronor; the terminal fees amount to a maximum of
10 kronor.
Instruction is given at each school by four teachers, one of whom is the
principal and has the title of Rector, a foreman, the necessary number of extra
teachers, a teacher of gymnastics, and assistants.
The number of pupils amounted in the autumn term of 1912 to 417 for
the five colleges together.
According to the statutes at present in force, the instruction is to include:
Mathematics, namely: a) arithmetic, algebra, plane geometry, stereometry, series
and logarithms, plane trigonometry, and the elements of analytical geometry; b)
descriptive geometry and geometrical drawing; c) practical geometry; surveying,
levelling, with designing and practical exercises. — Mechanics: a) laws
respecting the equilibrium and motion of bodies; b) applied mechanics, machine design
and construction of simple machines and parts thereof; c) mechanical
technology. — Physics: experimental physics with regard for the most important applic-
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