Catalogue description Ministry of Education and Department of Education and Science: Inspectorate: Reports on Adult Education

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Details of ED 196
Reference: ED 196
Title: Ministry of Education and Department of Education and Science: Inspectorate: Reports on Adult Education
Description:

Ministry of Education and Department of Education and Science Inspectors' reports under the provisions of the Education Act 1944 on further education, of facilities for adult education provided in places other than higher education institutions and major further education establishments.

Such education can include general subjects (usually to no higher than GCE 'A' level), vocational training, and recreational activities. The majority of the reports in this series are thus concerned with evening institutes and adult education centres and colleges, but there are also reports on the education activities within HM prisons and borstal institutions.

In addition to those establishments for which the local education authorities are immediately responsible, there are reports on bodies in receipt of a direct grant from the Ministry of Education and/or its successor department.
Date: 1946-1970
Arrangement:

The reports in this series are listed by inspectorial divisions, in chronological order of academic years.
Related material:

Records of the Technical Branch, the Further Education Branch, and the Youth Service:

Division within ED
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Department of Education and Science, HM Inspectorate (England), 1964-1973

Department of Education and Science, HM Inspectorate (Wales), 1964-1973

Ministry of Education, Inspectorate (England), 1944-1964

Ministry of Education, Inspectorate (Wales), 1944-1964
Physical description: 131 file(s)
Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure
Administrative / biographical background:

Section 41 of the Education Act 1944 places a duty on local education authorities to secure the provision for their area of adequate facilities for further education. Under section 42(4), these authorities are required to have regard to any facilities for further education provided for their area by universities, educational associations, and other bodies including voluntary organisations.

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