Report to the ... Zionist Congress and to the Council of the Jewish Agency in ... · 1935-08-01 · 8.1935 · p. Seite 406

9. The Secondary Trade School. This school was opened in the beginning of 5694 as an autonomous section of the Technical Institute in accordance with the scheme submitted by Dr. Bardin, who is at the head of the school. Its aim is to create a type of school which provides its pupils between the ages of fourteen and eighteen with a trade training side by side with a Hebrew and general education. Accordingly a scheme has been drawn up with a view to ensuring a balance between theoretical studies and practical work in the school. The number of years of study is four. The Institute was enabled to undertake the opening of this new school thanks to the special grant of £~P. 3,000 made by Mrs. Freda Warburg-Schiff, of New York, which secures its existence for the first four years. The experience of two years of its existence proves that the school has been well received by the public and that it fulfils a need in the sphere of professional education. It is worth while mentioning that the school, thanks to the principle of unification of education and trade training, attracted pupils from all sections of the population, and the desire for an education accompanied by practical work is penetrating even to circles where the economic factor is not decisive. The number of pupils in the first two forms is forty-eight, and in 5696 the third form will be opened. To the existing metal sections will be added in 5696 a section for carpentry and perhaps also for electricity. 10. Evening Classes. This branch of activity has also shown considerable progress in the last two years. The desire for theoretical and practical education has been strengthened recently among the skilled labourers and the artisans. In 5694 the attendance at the evening classes reached ninety-one, divided as follows : Builders, 29; Locksmiths, 16; Carpenters, 26; Boatbuilders, 20. In 5695 the attendance during the winter months was 175, divided as follows : Builders, 37; Benchmakers, 130; Carpenters, 14; Metalworkers, 31; Ironworkers, 40; Electricians, 23. Mr. J. Wilbushewitz is the supervisor of these classes. 11. Trade Courses for Immigrants from Germany. Thanks to the grant of £1,000 by the Central British Fund for German Jewry, the Institute established in 5694 courses for trade training for immigrants from Germany. The courses extended for a period of three to eight months. Eighty people of ages eighteen to fifty-six attended, those courses. The previous status of those people was as follows : University graduates, 13; Merchants, 26; Officials, 9; Labourers, 20; Various, 12. According to subjects, there were 39 benchmakers, 22 ironbenders, 10 carpenters and 9 mechanics. The ironworkers and 406