INSTRUCTION
785
France
France and Algeria.
Description of Schools
1876-77
1904-05
1910-11
Pupils
Pupils
Schools
Teachers
Enrolled Pupils
Infant Schools :
80,670
339,434
15,053
96,914
512,145
9,447
74,397
74,698
2,691
10
1,156
no
6,859
16
1,537
203
513,303
1,765
90,444
15,410
Total . ...
532,077
670,687
3,967
8,615
620,922
Primary and Higher schools :
Public '^°y*^' ^"^ ^^^^^^
Pnvate|(..j.j^ .
2,197,652
1,625,696
203,230
690,357
2,442,598
2,070,016
360,001
694,815
45,028
23,684
3,413
9,763
57,896 1
62,358 2
8,316 1
28,411 2
. 2,482,957 3
2,121,638 4
359,364 3
690,835 4
Total .
4,716,935
5,568,030
82,488
156,981
5,654,794
._ /Public . '^'^y\Private .
Cleric F^^^'^ • • •
2,337,193 311,369
1,628,289 440,084
4,446,693
710,145
66,521
344,671
68,193
12,676
119
500
120,041
34,885
213
1,842
4,592,634
986,868
11,961
63,331
1 Masterrf.
- Mistresses.
Boys.
4 Girls.
The number of ])ii[)ils enrolled in the .schools, public or private, is greater than the number attending them, since children changing their schools in the course of the year are enrolled several times.
Since 1903-04 the number of pupils in public schools increased, and that of the pupils in private clerical schools decreased as much, the cause being, of course, the closing of cougregationist schools. From 1901-02 to 1906-07 3,107 public clerical primary schools and 13,327 private clerical schools were closed by order of the Government, while 3,840 public lay and 9,015 private lay schools were opened to take the place of the schools closed. Many of the clerical schools have been transformed into lay schools, retaining their confessional character. From 1907-08 to 1908-09 there was an increase of 25,876 pupils in the la}^ public schools, and a diminution of 7,810 in the clerical public schools.
In the infant schook the number of pupils was 753,708 in 1901-02 ; and 690,922 in 1910-11 owing to the closing of many clerical private infant schools.
The pupils of superior public primary schools and of supplementary courses (which are comprised in the total of pupils of primary instruction) were (public and private schools) in 1901-02 68,611 (40,644 boys and 27,967 girls), and in 1910-11 102,063 (51,659 boys and 50,404 girls).
Courses of instruction for adults are conducted in the evening by teachers in their schools, and the number of adult pupils was estimated in 1910-11 at 51,925, and for 1911-12, 52,797. Besides, there are many popular lectures.
Besides the courses for adults in the primary schools, there are many courses provided by private associations, subventioned or not by the communes.
Pupils on leaving primary schools can obtain a certificate ; in 1911
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