EDUCATIONAL AID

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 10, Issue 87, 27 January 1947, Page 5

EDUCATIONAL AID

1800 EX-SERVICEMEN REHABILITATION WORK By the end of November 17,732 ex-servicemen and women of the recent war had received some form of educational assistance under the Rehabilitation Board’s schemes, states the latest statistical returns from the Rehabilitation Department. Of these 475 had been granted postgraduate or other specialist bursaries to study overseas. Apart from fees, books, passage, fares and other expenses, bursars receive in most cases an annual subsistence allowance of £250 sterling for single men and £328 sterling for married men. By far the largest single group among the 475 comprised those doing post-graduate studies in medicine, the number in that group being 149. Others are: Agricultural courses 11, arts degrees 20, agriculture and town planning 12, arts and handwork 15, accountancy and commerce 28, dental post-graduate 13, dramatic art 6, engineering 20, education 6, forestry 9, fine arts and sculpture 3, horticulture 1, journalism 5, languages 4, law 8, medical auxiliary services 11, music 200, nursing 12, optical 4, public and local administration 6, doctorate of philosophy 36, physical training 15, science (all branches) 10, social courses 2, aerial surveying 1, theology 9, trades courses 10, veterinary science 19, wool courses 9. Other educational assistance rendered comprised: Full-time bursaries at New Zealand universities (including subsistance allowances of £3 3s a week for single men and £5 5s for married men), 2753; fees and books, 3910; renewals of grants, 87; miscellaneous small grants, 560; part-time facilities granted by district rehabilitation offices, 9947. During November itself 837 applications for assistance were approved including 24 overseas bursaries.