SCHOOL REPORT FOR 1851. School for Upper Canada, for the year 1851, including the Annual Grant of £1500, the attendance of Students at the Normal School, &c., &c. at the Normal School since its commencement in 1847-(seven sessions)-The Amount Religious Faith-And the County from which the Students attended. 20 439 10 0 75 571 18 72 61 11: 82 58 24 347 7 6 ... 468 15 1000 2682 2 51 203 174 29 45 26 19 12 8 4 385 281 104 40 30 10 78 49 29 43 26 17 arrangements not having been completed. School,-(of these 487 had been School Teachers previously),-only 520 received weekly assistance, and but even one-half of those admitted, received certificates. The certificates which were given at the end of the first and training. The blank form of this certificate will be found in the Appendix No. XVI of the Annual Report for proficiency of each student in the several branches taught in the Normal School, &c. The blank form of this this Report, No. 13. Many of those who received certificates had been in attendance during a part or the whole is in this school that the Teachers-in-training in the Normal School practice teaching more or less each week, there being sometimes 200 or 300 more applications on the books than can be entertained. The school is at great numbers the excellence of the system of instruction pursued. admitted to be trained in the Normal School-making a grand total of 799 students (604 male and 195 female) 43 29 14 THE SESSIONS OF THE NORMAL SCHOOL FOR UPPER CANADA. *The numbers admitted, purporting to be from the counties of York, Ontario and Peel, are proportionably Toronto, and nearly all the newly-arrived persons from Europe, who attended the institution. NOTE. The first five sessions of the Normal School extended over a period of five months each; the sixth the shorter sessions will afford greater facilities for carrying out the objects of the institution. The Council of revised terms of admission to the institution, &c., see Appendix D to this Report, Nos. 14 and 15. 7766 12 12112 12 23 35 30 12 12 51 41 10 52 34 18 9 321 22 10 3 16 16 698* 533 165 131 95 36 49 37 12 128 104 24 270 207 63 Grand Total *At the commencement of the May session, 1852, there were 101 students (71 male and 30 female) admitRome, 23 Presbyterian, 35 Methodist, 3 Congregationalist, and 10 Baptist,—the remainder, 5 of other persuasions. NOTE. The various bodies of Presbyterians are included under one head; so are the Methodists, BapThe foregoing Abstract, in connection with Table D, exhibits a Tabular Return of the Religious Faith, (as 307 204 103 15 14 1 18 17 147 38 9 66 37 29 24 23 1 28 21 7 16 14 2|38|31| 7| larger than from any other county in Upper Canada. They, however, included the students from the city of session was prolonged to a period of nine months, as an experiment. Experience has, however, proved that Public Instruction has therefore limited their duration for the future to a period of five months, as formerly. For Universalist. 5123444 6 11 5 23942 484501 40 4 ted into the institution to be trained. Of this number there were 18 Church of England Students, 7 Church of tists, &c. far as it has been reported) of every teacher employed in the Common Schools of Upper Canada. H Male. Female. Total. Male. Female. Total. Male. Female. 58 25000 0 0 £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. PART II-STATISTICAL SCHOOL REPORT FOR 1851. TABLE I.-Disposition of the Annual Parliamentary School Grant for the year 1851. Heads of Receipts. Total Parliamentary Grant in aid of Common Schools in Upper Canada for the year 1851 REPORT ON EDUCATION No. Heads of Expenditure. 1 Amount apportioned in aid of Common Schools in the several Counties in Upper Canada, as per accompanying Statistical Report (Table A).. 16952 9 6 2 Amount apportioned in aid of Common Schools in the several Cities in Upper Canada, as per ditto ditto. 881 0 6 3 Amount apportioned in aid of Common Schools in the several Incorporated Towns in Upper Canada, as per ditto ditto 829 1 0 4 Amount apportioned in aid of Common Schools in the several Villages in Upper Canada, as per ditto ditto 321 7 6 18983 18 6 Additional aid granted to facilitate the attendance of Students at the Normal School in 1850.... 1000 0 0 7 To make up a deficiency to the Township of Uxbridge for the years 1849 and 1850.. 43 3 0 1846. 1847. 1848. 1849. 1850. 1851. PART II.-STATISTICAL SCHOOL REPORT FOR 1851. TABLE L.-GENERAL STATISTICAL TABLE exhibiting the progressive results of the operation of the Common School System in Upper Canada, from the year 1846 to 1851, inclusive. 2589 2727 2800 2871 8059 3001 2 Assessments imposed and collected by Municipal authority for the Salaries of Common School Teachers £22715 8 11 £22955 2 8 £23654 4 7 £25145 1 41 £24172 15 31 £25835 17 6 3 (1)-Rate-bills imposed by Trustees for the payment of Teachers' Salaries. 29385 12 34 (2) School Section assessment for Free Schools Total amount levied or subscribed for the Number of Pupils attending the Common Provided by .... 101912 124829 130739 138465 151891 168159 8 School visits made by Local Superintendents.. 2549 2815 2955 5852 8933 by Clergymen None reported. 1823 2254 2848 2566 2846 by Municipal Councillors. Do. 822 959 947 1229 1366 Do. 1203 1459 1423 1190 1111 by Judges and Members of the Legislature Do. Not authorised by law until 1850. 64 57 School visits made by other persons. Do. 5118 6348 7577 7417 18295 5925 11675 13835 15777 18318 32608 |