A general view of the present system of public education in France : and of the laws, regulations, and courses of study in the different faculties, colleges, and inferior schools, which now compose the Royal University of that kingdom : preceded by a short history of the University of Paris before the Revolution / by David Johnston.

  • Johnston, David, 1801-1879.
Date:
1827
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Credit: A general view of the present system of public education in France : and of the laws, regulations, and courses of study in the different faculties, colleges, and inferior schools, which now compose the Royal University of that kingdom : preceded by a short history of the University of Paris before the Revolution / by David Johnston. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    twelve arrondissements ; and to maintain them, it is calculated that an expense of 12 or 15 francs for each individual is necessary. Besides these schools, there are established in each Maine, two primary schools, one for boys, the other for girls, kept up at the expense of the city of Paris, the teachers of which receive a salary of 1200 francs (L.48.) per annum, and an additional sum of 240 francs for the pui*- chase of prizes. The schools of mutual instruction in the ca- pital are also pretty numerous, and give in- struction to a considerable number of children. They are divided into two classes, the one gra- tuitous, the other where a small sum of money is paid. In most cases these schools are found- ed by private individuals, or by the society of elementary instruction. Besides the schools just mentioned, there exist several founded by private individuals, in which productive industry is conjoined with elementary education. In the foregoing pages as full an account as space would admit has been given of the com- Q