1927-1928 - Department of Education and Skills

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93
The number of schools conncctcd with these Schemcs durin;
the ~chool year 192~-28 shows, no changc from that of the previol~
year, and no matenal alteration of the endowments administered
has been reported. Accordingly the figures already supplied fol'
the school year 1926-27 and for the calendar year 1926 still hold
good, and are as follows:-
lncome
Branch 01 Education No. of Schemes No. of Schools Administered
1927-28 1927-28 1927
------------- ------- ------ -----
Primary
52
332 [12,410
Secondary ..
1. I
21 12,'8r6
Technical and Special
22
J 3
I I,56l
Primary and Secondary
'2 110 J,312
Total
.. ---:s;---,-- 476----t38,o;;--
* One Scheme (No. 55) mentioned under (1), is included here also in respect
of the portion of Its endowment not vested in the Minister.
t Includes £2,632 Non-Educational Endowments.
CHAPTER
XV,
1 ' s cothu na Iitriochta san aimsi r ata le teacht, agus mara
b lJe,a duil sa leightheoi.reacht aea ar bhfagaint na meadhon-sgol
m)10n , dhoibh d T'
j' ibh is r6-bhaoghln eh na tiocfaidh SI 01 go eo. a ar
c~~as na muinteoir! an duil sin do mh~sga,ilt n6 d~. mh,uc,had
)ia leanaid go leir don deagh-shomp~a ~ta dha thabhairt ,~e lathair
euid aca ni baoghal don nua-11trlOcht; agus do reir mar a
bheidh
ag
an litriocht san ag duI i li~nmhaireac
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t. agl~s
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1 n-elr;~llU -
aeht beidh ag meadu san am cheadna ar shuim IS ar speis na
coitehiantachta innte.
Ta feabhas mol' ag dul ar an sgeal freisin san meid a bhainean
le leabhra solais , ta leabhra Gaedhilge le f'aghail anois ar na
h-adhbhair sea :-Uiml1l'ioeht, Algebar, Ceimseata, Stair is
Tireolus na hEireann, Eoluiocbt, Ciintasuiocht, Gearr-Sgribhne6ireaeht,
Tigheas is 00eaireacht, Ceol (Solfa), Gleacuioeht, Eolas
ar an nDulraidh. Ma 'se teaeht an tseagail e ag na leabhartha
mor-eoluis ni ccart bheith 1,6 mhilleanach ar Ghaedhilgeoiri na
hEireann 'na thaobh; tar eis an tsaoghail ise an sgeal ceadna
e geall leis ag- na leabhra Bearla ata dha bhfoillsiu i nEirinn
azus ta na muinteoiri a dheinean anobair tre Bhearla i dturtaobh
le lea'bhra a thagan thar lear chughainn ehun mor-chuid
da .geuid oibre ins na Mrd-rangannado dheanamh.
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COISTE NA LEABHAR.
Bhi ar na tosga do bhiodh ag oibriu i gcoinno aithbheochana
na ~~edhilge tamall 0 shoin gannachuis lcabhar oiriunach ehun
a mU111te. Ta bai-r feahais ar an sgeal anois agus ta reidhse
~e~bhar a:ll1 ~o 1uht muints na teangan. Ma ta locht ar an sgeal
ise locht ~ na an .lOmarca leabhra beaga do bheith da gcur ar an
margadh 1 n-aghaidh na bliana ; mas leabhra maithe cuid aca san.
bion ~~id ~a, dona go le or: agus ni h-i gcomhnuidhe a thoghaid
na mumtooiri na leabhra IS fearr ortha. Ce go bhfuil roinnt
leabhra ann a thugan congnamh don te a bhion ag muineadh
gramada~ghe is ceapadoireaehta, ni dhearna aoinne pairc na
gramadaigho ar fad do threabadh agus leabhar fosrhanta do
sgriobhadh da reil'. '"
Leightar i bhfad nios mo leabhra Gacdhilge ins na meadhonsgoilcanna
anois na mar a deinti nuair a hainmniti teacs-Ieabhra
ar an gclar oifigiuil. AI' a shon san fein tu moran szol ann na
f'uil an cu ram ccart aca dha dheanarnh den leighthedireacht, agus
ni mol' iad na sgoileanna ina bhfuil tacar maith de leabhra
Gaedhilge sa leabharlainn aca. Ta boirudh mol' ag dul fe litriocht
nu .Gaedhilg·e fe 18.1hai1'agus t£t sgribhne6iri nuadha ag teacht i
gceist a bhf'uil stil (hi gcuic1 fein aca agus feith na litriochta go
trean ionnta; ach l.a se fuar fanach againn bheith ag sui 1 lc
deagh-thoradh ar a gcuid saothair sin i n-eaghmuis leightheoiri.
Na daoinc 6ga ata ins na sgoilcanna fe lath air. is ortha san a
~'Por Tronslaiion sec Page 18-1-.
Ara shon san, nil an Roinn Oideaehais sasta leis an meid
leabhra Gaedhilge ata ar faghail, agus ehun an sgeal d 'fheabhsti,
do ceapadh, eupla bliadhain 0 shoin, coiste comhairle (" Coiste
na Leabhar' ') chun laimhsgribhinni do leigheamh is do
bhreithniu, agus eomhairle a thabhairt don Roinn i dtaobh cad
iad na h-adhbhair Ieabhar a bheadh oiriunach d 'fhoillsiu.
o theacht don Choistc sin le eheile i mi Bealtainc, 1926, aleith
thainig 168 laimhsgribhinni fe n-a mbraghaid, ach cuireadh euid
mhor diobh san thar n-ais go dti na h-ughdair de bhrigh na
rabhadar oiriunach. Ni raibh aon laimhsgribhinn nar leigh
beirt, ar a laighcad, de lucht an Choiste i, agus bhi cuid aca gm
Ieigh triur n6 ceathrar iad sar ar tugadh breitheamhantas orra,
Baineann obair an Choiste lc dha short Ieabhar, (1) iad a
meastar a bheith oiriunach mar theacsleabhra agus leabhra
Ieightheoireacbta d'aos 1eighinn na sgol, agus (2) leabhra
Gaedhilge i gcoil· na coitchiantaehta, idir leabhra nuadha agus
leabhraaistrighthe. Foillsigheadh naoi leabhra deag i gcoir n~
sgol cheana, agus dha eeann i gcnir na eoitchiantachta. Ta se
chinn ar fhichid i lamhaibh na gclodoiri fe lath air, tri einn deag
diobh-san i gcoir na sgol, agus tr1 einn deag i ge6ir na eoitchiantachta.
Fairis sin, tit suas le fiche sgriobhnoil'i ag aistriu leabhra go
Gaedhilge 6 theangachaibh eile. 'I'athar ag suil go geuirfear
tUille leis seo sal' abhfad, go dti go mbeidh reidhse adhbhar
leighthe6ireachta sa Gbaedhilg ar fagbail.
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