Board of Education and Ministry of Education files concerning practical instruction centres. They relate to the provision of courses of practical instruction in special subjects (e.g. domestic economy, cookery, handicraft, etc.) in elementary and secondary schools and centres serving a number of schools.
The papers include material relating to the acquisition of land and buildings, H.M. Inspectors' reports, and applications for the Board of Education's approval of courses. These records absorbed earlier special subject file material.
The series ended in the late 1950s as practical instruction facilities had been increasingly incorporated into school buildings for some years and relevant papers became part of the individual school files.