EDUCATION.

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cation are within the jurisdiction of the several provinces,
and though the systems adopted differ in details, all are
based on the principle of free education, the funds being
supplied by the province or by local taxation. In all provinces
 except Ontario, Quebec, and Manitoba the schools
are unsectarian; in the three provinces mentioned there
are separate schools for Roman Catholics. Ontario has
placed its educational system under a minister; in the
other provinces the education is in charge of a superintendent
of education.
In the North-West Territories the educational system is
under the control of a board of Education, composed of five
members, viz. the Lieutenant-Governor and two Protestant
and two Catholic members appointed by the Lieutenant-Governor
 in Council.
The department of Education in Ontario has very ex- Ontario.
tensive powers in regard to the Normal, High, Public, and
Separate Schools in the province. Power is given fo if
to make regulations for the organization, discipline, and
sOvernment of schools, the equipment of school houses,
the choice of text books, and the qualifications of inspectors,
®Xaminers, teachers and assistants in High Schools: to
appoint inspectors and central examiners: to constitute
model schools: to set apart schools or colleges for the
raining of model teachers: to prescribe the conditions
ander which pupils will be admitted into High Schools:
nd to make regulations respecting fees and certificates.
Power is also given to the department to establish meteorological
 stations in connection with High Schools ™.

R. 8. 0. 1887, c. 224,