in 1880 by 3,305 scholars. There is, in addition to these, a superior normal school for women, intended to prepare teachers for the secondary schools. The enrollment and attendance of primary schools are not estimated. The number of primary teachers is reported as follows: Protestants, 2,106; Catholics and Jews, 966. Salaries range from 900 to 2,001 marks. The State maintains four Protestant normal schools, and two Catholic for masters, and one Protestant normal school for mistresses. Complaint is made that the preparation of primary teachers is insufficient and their salaries too low. It is asserted that these conditions, combined with ecclesiastical domination, have so degraded the schools as to render them unworthy the title of national. PRUSSIA. The statistical bureau of Prussia has just published a work by M. A. Petersilie upon the status of primary schools in Prussia in 1878. In the absence of education reports, this is the latest official information upon the subject. The number of public primary schools, including 110 attached to normal schools, is stated as 33,059, with 60,307 classes. Of the whole number of schools, 23,000 consisted of a single class. The total number of teachers in the primary schools, not including those attached to the normals, was 59,493; to these must be added 27,334 assistants, of whom about 24,000 were special mistresses for needle-work. The total number of children of school-age was 4,272,199. Of the totals given, 3,915 schools, 20,574 principal teachers, 4,186 assistants, and 1,273,993 children of school-age belong to the cities. A little computation will show that there remain for the rural districts 38,919 principal teachers, and 2,998,206 children of school-age, or 1 teacher to 77 children. The annual expense for primary education, as determined by calculations for the three successive years from 1876-78, inclusive, is for all purposes, teaching force, school-building, etc.,-101,016,623 marks, or $24,041,956.27. This represents a per capita expense of about 90 cents, estimated upon the populatian as here reported; viz., 26,647,600. |