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System Of Education Laintained: With older pupils, the teacher may find him-elf more and more constricted by the demands if external examinations; but even here he has, hrough his teachers' associations, his union, or lis school's faculty council, or by direct repre-entation to the examining board, a means of naking his voice heard. Above all, once he has ompleted his probationary first year of service, ie has virtually secured tenure for life. It is ery difficult within the system of education laintained by the government to dismiss a teach-r except for proved misconduct.
Education.—The province of Quebec reshaped its system of education in the 1960's. In conformity with the recommendations of a royal commission on education appointed in 1961, the ministry of education was established in 1964. It administers the entire school system with the help of a superior council assisted by a Roman Catholic committee and a Protestant committee. Independent schools and institutions still exist and receive financial help from the ministry according to standards recommended by the superior council. The elementary level of instruction is locally administered by school commissions formed of elected members; parents take part in discussions within the frame of local school committees.
Primary Schools. In England the act of 1870 laid the groundwork for a system of universal education, but it provided for instruction only of children less than 13 years of age. Attendance did not become compulsory until 1880, and though free education was given in most elementary schools after 1891, fee paying was not completely abolished until 1918. The act that forbade fees also made education to the age of 14 compulsory. |
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