ABSTRACT
Progress in education should not be abrupt and spasmodic. Everyone who had any interest in London’s education services knew that Labour in power at County Hall meant a new era in the history of Education in London. The responsibility for the quality and efficiency of the education services in London was not a burden to be carried lightly. The new Education Committee began its task with its resources reduced by the effects of the National Economy Act passed in 1931, when the “ National” Government had forced considerable economies on the whole range of the social services. Before 1931 the expenditure on London’s education services had been shared almost equally by the Government and the Council. The facilities for secondary and higher education were also a long way behind the needs of London’s children. The proposals of the Education Committee were, therefore, based on a series of “Three-Year Programmes”.
