BOYS LEAVING SCHOOL
AT EARLIER AGE
TENDENCY DEPLORED
"There is a definite trend toward pupils leaving the school at an earlier age than in pre-war days," said the headmaster of a secondary school in Wellington. "I have been feeling very disturbed about it for some time. Boys, are leaving the schools at the age of 16 and even younger, to go to posts which arc not always in the line of business or profession to which they themselves are inclined." "Lt would appear," the headmaster continued, "that parents feel that it is best for the boys to get some commercial or industrial experience before the time comes to go into camp for training for the services, so that after the' war they will not be entirely inexperienced when looking for jobs. "With the raising of the army age l'rom 41 to 45 and the taking of youths from the age of lf>, a serious situation is arising in industry, and this, is helping to draw on the younger boys. The result may be that after the Avar Ave shall have a definitely lower standard of education in the younger classes of men, with dangerous effect on postwar reconstruction, for it is on them that the main work will fall."
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 6, Issue 10, 30 September 1942, Page 5
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209BOYS LEAVING SCHOOL Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 6, Issue 10, 30 September 1942, Page 5
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