Page 113 - Annuaire Statistique Québec - 1918

V--EDUCATION

A-SCHOOL ORGANIZATION AND EDUCATIONAL STATISTICS

Freedom of tea.ching exists in the Province of Quebec. The schools
governed by the Public Instruction Act (1) are either Catholic or Protes-
tant. French and English are taught in them. The school organization'
is under the control of the Department of Public Instruction which is a
branch of the Department of the Provincial Secretary. A high official
appointed permanently, called the Superintendent of Public Instruction,
has the general direction of this Department; he is assisted by two sec re-
taries, one French and the other English, and several subordinate officiais.
He sees to the carrying out of the law and also of the regulations which
the Roman Catholic or Protestant Committees of the Couneil of Publio
Instruction have established with the approval of thp. Ex~cutive of t.he
Province; ln the perforrnanne of his dunes he must comply with the
instructions given him b:v the Council of Public Instruction or one of the
Committees of that Couneil.

There are three grades of schools in the Province of Que bec: schcols
for prirnary education, for spcondary education and for superior educa-
tion. The institutions nol; included under this classification are èpecial
technical or plofessional schooh. Several of I;hese special schools are affi-
lin,ted with the universities and most of them are d':rcr:tly controll-ed by
the Provincial Sccretary. Before the month of September, 1923, primary
'education comprised three grades: elemenl;ary, (elementary schools);
intermediate, (model schools); fiuperior, (academies). The new Act div-
ides the Catholic Primary schools into four categories: maternaI schools
pr'irr.ary elcmentary schooli;, formcrly known under the name of element-
ary schools and mode! sehools, Fl'imœry complementary schools formerly
known undel' the name of academies, and domcstic i!cùnce schools. Prot-
estants retain the elemcntnry schools J intermediute schools and high
schools. Seconùary education is given in classical colleges, and superior
education in univOl·sities. The other educatiollal institutions comprise
normal schools, schools of arts and manufactures, agricultural schools,
domestic science schools, a clairy school, a school for higher commercial
studies, teclmical schools, schools for deaf and dumb and the blind. In
the primmy schools the teaching staff consists chiefly of women.

The statistics contained in this section are compiled by the Bureau
of Statistics from Lhe reports of the secretary-treasurers of 8chool muni-
cipalities and the school in.,pectors. More detailed information iB
published yearly in the Educational Slatistics.

(t) R.>'iBel1 StatutL.. ~f the Pro>'inec of Qucbce, 102;;, V~L II, Chap. 133.