The present state of teaching of art in the primary school reveals that the true function of art in the education of the child has not been realised properly. The reason no doubt is a lack of true knowledge about the child and his mind. As a consequence of this the course of study and the method of teaching have been devised from a point of view that is wholly wrong. What is required of the child according to this syllabus is to develop by stages his powers of observation and execution after the manner of
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