In some of the larger centres technical schools have been established whose courses cover a wide range of industrial trades. Night schools have also been established, especially in the mining centres. In order also to corre late efforts in these various directions and to afford opportunities for advanced train ing, an institute of technology has been estab lished at Calgary.
Saskatchewan.— Since the passing of the Secondary Education Act in Saskatchewan in 1908, 21 high schools have been established, 7 of which have since been raised to the rank of collegiate institutes. In these, 138 teachers were employed in 1916 and the total number of pupils was 3,849. A residential college for bovs and girls has been established by the 'Methodists in Regina and one for boys by the Presby terians in Moose Jaw.
The total outlay from general revenue in aid of education increased from less than $200,000 in 1904 to approximately $1,000,000 in 1916.
Being a comparatively young province, Sas katchewan has been devoting most of its energy to its public schools. It has, however, made a beginning in elementary industrial training. A board of any district has authority to provide for manual household science and industrial training in both day and night schools. The only secondary schools, however, giving courses in these subjects are the col legiate institutes at Regina, Moose Jaw, Prince Albert, Saskatoon, Yorkton, Weyburn and Swift Current. As Saskatcheman is almost purely an agricultural province, special stress is being laid upon agriculture in both the public and the high schools. So far not much has been done in the latter, but the indications are that a majority of them will provide for the subject in the near future. For commerce and the trades little pro vision has so far been made in the secondary schools. Three collegiate institutes, however, have been giving exceptionally good courses for a number of years. There is very close co operation between the Department of Education and the University of Saskatchewan; especially valuable work has been done through the medium of summer courses for teachers and others held at the university during the months of July and August.
British Secondary education in British Columbia is provided for in superior and high schools. A superior school may be established where there are at least 10 quali fied pupils available. The subjects taught are
those of the junior and senior fourth classes of the public schools and the first two years of the high schools. The teacher must hold at least a first-class B. C. certificate. A high school may be established in any municipal school district where there are at least 20 quali fied pupils available. The teacher must hold a B. C. academic certificate and the subjects of the course of study are those usually taken up in the high schools of the other provinces. Government assistance to superior and high schools is the same as for other schools, the grant being so much per teacher according to the class of the district, from $360 per teacher in cities of the first class to $480 per teacher in rural municipal districts, with an additional maximum grant of $100. A grant on the same scale is also paid on account of teachers of manual training, domestic science, art and other special subjects, provided such teachers hold B. C. certificates of qualification. Special grants are also made for agricultural education, the greater part, however, being met by a pro portion of the special Federal grant. As in the other provinces, the secondary schools are controlled by the Provincial Department of Education and by bo'rds of school trustees, and are visited by provincial inspectors.
The King Edward School, Vancouver, which was established in August 1916, is the only school in the province undertaking a comprehensive technical course. It is in tended that at the end of the third year of the course the pupil shall be able to matriculate into the engineering course of the University of British Columbia. Of manual training centres there are 49, with 40 instructors, attended by 992 pupils from the high schools, and of do mestic science centres 39, with 29 instructors, attended by 1,406 pupils from the high schools. A commercial course of a thoroughly practical character, covering three years, has been es tablished in the larger high schools. In order to provide for the study of agriculture, the De partment of Education p;oposes to establish classes for both boys and girls in certain high and superior schools. Arrangements have al ready been made to carry on these classes at three high schools and two superior schools. Extensive courses, suitable to the different lo calities, have also been provided for young men.