The history of technical instruction committees in Cardiff and Swansea, South Wales, shows that as they worked to improve instruction, industries were declining. They were hampered by inadequate finance, students' poor educational background, and a culture inimical to promotion of science and technology. (SK)

The Technical Instruction Committees in South Wales were the first attempt to organize a systematic program of technical education. Each regional committee inherited a haphazard system of evening classes sponsored by mechanics' institutes and the Department of Science and Art. (Author/SK)