The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 40
Education in Europe
Education in Europe.
The following numbers, which have been published in the educational organs of Germany, represent approximately the present state of the chief European nations in regard to School education.
Country. | Population. | No. of Schools. | No. of Scholars. | Average Number of Scholars at each School | Average Expenditure per head of the population. |
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Germany | 42,000,000 | 60,000 | 6,000,000 | 100 | 2.96 marks or 2s. 11½d. |
England | 34,000,000 | 58,000 | 3,000,000 | 52 | 1.86 marks or 1s. 10¼d. |
Austra-Hungary | 37,000,000 | 30,000 | 3,000,000 | 100 | 1.68 marks or 1s. 8d. |
France | 37,000,000 | 71,000 | 4,700,000 | 66 | 1.48 marks or 1.6d. |
Spain | 17,000,000 | 20,000 | 1,600,000 | 56 | 1.40 marks or 1s. 4¾d. |
Italy | 28,000,000 | 47,000 | 1,900,000 | 40 | 0.84 marks or 10d. |
Russia | 74,000,000 | 32,000 | 1,100,000 | 36 | 0.28 marks or 3¼d. |