English Translation

- 4 - Also, P r a g as the seat of the oldest university of the Empire and one of the most ancient technical colleges as well as large old and new libraries offers the possibility of direct contact with the sources of knowledge and thus the guarantee for the desirable raising of the educational level of future teachers. 6. The need for a teacher training institution in Prague is evident in the population itself. Proof : The strong influx of listeners to the German Pedagogical Academy in Prague, which had a yearly attendance rate since the establishment of the Protectorate: 24, 54, 104 listeners. - By the end of 1940/4l it had ceased to exist, so that the school administration of the Pro- tectorate at present in Prague did not receive any substantial teacher training place at all. /The training course for young people with a degree in education at German elementary schools, which was set up in this year's academic year, had received from the Reich Ministry of Education and had 46 pupils. / 7. The pupils of the teacher training institutions come from socially weaker, less-mediated circles and need extensive support, which can be applied to them in Prague to a much greater extent than elsewhere.