1952-1953 - Department of Education and Skills

1-36Full particulars are given in Table G (Appendix V) of the disposalon discharge of the boys and girls allowed out of the Reformatoriesduring the School Year. This table includes particulars of threeabsconders (all boys) who had not been brought back to school bythe end of the School Year. Table I gives particulars of theoccupations to which those discharged to employment were sent.Industrial Schools.-The number of children under detention inIndustrial Schools on the 31st July, 1953, was 5,448 viz. 2,536 boysand 2,912 girls-a decrease of 231 (91 boys and 140 girls) on thenumber under detention on 31st July, 1952, (5,679-2,627 boys and3,052 girls). Committals to Industrial Schools during the SchoolYear numbered 626 (351 boys and 275 girls)-a decrease of 106 (29boys and 77 girls) on the number committed during the school yearended 31st July, 1952.The following table shows the number of committals during theSchool Year ended 31st July, 1953, and each of the five precedingschool years and the numbers under detention at the end of each ofthose school years:Schoo1 YearNumbers committedNumbers under detentionBoys Girls Total Boys Girls Total1952-53 ·. 351 275 626 2,536 2,912 5,4481951-52 ·. .380 352 732 2,627 3,052 5.6791950-51 ·. 414 375 789 2,724 3,120 5,8441949-50 · . 442 391 833 2,819 3,165 5,9841948-49 · . 436 343 779 2,906 3,220 6,1261947-48 ·. 574 417 991 3,008 3,359 6,367There were twenty eight cases of absconding from Industrial Schools(all boys), Of these, four had not been brought back to school by the31st July, 1953. One of these boys was sent to the Reformatory foran offence committed whilst an absconder from the Industrial School.Six boys and seven girls who had been conditionally dischargedor released on supervision certificate to parents or relatives werere-admitted to school during the period, 1st August, 1952 to 31stJuly, 1953.Statistics dealing with the grounds for the committals to IndustrialSchools are shown in Table D. Table F gives details of the state ofinstruction of the boys and girls over ten years of age admitted tothese schools.Of the 870 children who left the Industrial Schools during theschool year, 498 were placed in employment by the School Managersand 270 were sent to the care of parents or relatives and in themajority of these latter employment was secured for them by theirrelatives. The School Managements found it necessary to retain 37children (8 bperiods f doys ~d 29 girls) in school after the expiration of theirfurther ~ . ~tentlOn for their own protection and/or to undergosupportin~a~~ng lto enabls them to become self-reliant and self-Were sent t~ r:rat~avu~g school. Twenty nine (7 boys and 22 girls)see Table H of A~;es ~?- Great Britain or U.S.A. (For fuller detailsthe occupations taken ix). bTable J in Appendix gives particulars ofemployment on leavi~g~h 1d the ~98 children who were placed ine n ustnal SChools.37Twelve applications were made for the extension of the period ofdetention beyond the age of sixteen years to enable children tocontinue a course of education. All twelve were sanctioned by theMinister. In eight ca~es (1 boy a~~ 7 girls) a course in a SecondarySchool was read and m the remammg 4 cases (1 boy and 3 girls) aCommercial Course was followed.Arrangements were made in some of the Senior Boys' IndustrialSchools for Instruction in Woodwork by extern Teachers supplied bythe local Vocational Education Committee.Pupils were entered from all the Senior Boys and Girls' IndustrialSchools for the Primary S~hool Certificate Examination and in manyof the school~ all the pupils p'resented passed. Fifty boys and girlsfrom Industrial Schools are domg Post-Primary Courses of Educationin Secondary and Vocational Schools.Home Leave: The number of children allowed home on holidays fromIndustrial ~chools during the Sch