BUREAUCRACY AND EDUCATION: A Profile of The City and Guilds of London Institute

Mention the City and Guilds in conversation and the reaction will probably vary from ignorance, through sheer boredom to open criticism. But before long somebody will tell you that the City and Guilds is filled with grey‐suited bureaucrats, with a peculiar bent for setting and marking examinations. It is this equating of the work of the institute with the external examination process which in fact determines much of the attitude of the layman and the educationalist alike to the City and Guilds and, coupled with the fact that it concerns itself with sub‐professional courses, the City and Guilds of London Institute is to many a particularly unglamorous institution. And that attitude will take a long time to die out, in spite of the fact that the City and Guilds has probably done more for technical education in Britain than any other single institution.