C19 DEPARTEMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND
TECHNICAL INSTRUCTION FOR IRELAND

qualified, and the instruction, given both in day and in evening classes, provides
for elementary and advanced work. There are five suA Schools in Ireland under
Local Authorities in the following towns, viz., Belfast, Cork, Londonderry,
Limerick, Waterford.
The Department directly administer the Metropolitan SAool of Art in
Dublin. This School serves the purpose of a National College of Art and not
only trains teachers, but also, in common with the Provincial Schools of Art,
trains students for industrial pursuits in which an Art training is necessary. Art
Crafts are being developed in all the Schools ofArt and attention is directed
to the Enamels and Stained Class from the Metropolitan School, to the Lace
and Lace Designs from theCorkSchoo! ofArt, to the Damask and other designs
from the Belfast Municipal Institute, and to similar exhibits from the otherSchools.
All these Schools have utilised the Art Examinations of the Board of Education
whiA the Department have conducted in various centres in Ireland. The De-
partment have, however, now organised an examination system adapted to Irish
needs which will come into operation in 1913, though it is hoped that Schools
will still enter works for the "National Competition". Examples of works sub^
mitted from Irish Schools of Art to this competition are illustrated. Schools of
Art are assisted by grants from the Department. In addition to a grant from the
Department's Endowment Fund, special grants are made not exceeding three-
fourths of the actual net expenditure under an approved scheme. A local con-
tribution from rates is a "conditia sine quâ non" in order to obtain grants from
the Department.
Art Classes are conducted under simpler conditions in small Technical
SAools all over the country. The work is done in Evening Classes which are
attended mainly by artizan students.
Training of Teachers.
The SAools of Art serve an important purpose in the training of TeaAers
of Primary and Secondary SAools. In addition to the normal courses of instruc-
tion in su A S Aoöls the Department conduct Summer Courses for teaAers held
in the month of July at the Metropolitan S Aool ofArt and <for teaAers of lace and
croAet) at the Cork SAoo! ofArt. These Summer Courses, a notable feature
of the Department's policy, are mainly attended by teaAers of drawing in Se^
condary SAools.

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