THE SCHOOL AGE.
AGE ; FOR' COMPTJLSORY:'ATTENDANCK ■-.■;;■•;■/'iNpiffiAS^'rt ; ;^j;x-;--' tot Vasocii'TioK—cop.rtioriT.). "'- •" London, February 25. V - The London Sshool Board has' adopted regulations ; increasing' the'; age iqr 'compulsory'. 1 attendance for children attending full-time schppls'to 15. years, and for. those, attending lialfrtinie'Schools from: 15-to 18 years. outcry has been raised because ike raising of the ages .will cause, a 'scarcity ;.of: office b'pys and messengers'.,-.; \V v : ;'".''. .Up till the; present the age, of compulsorv' attendance in London at ah elementary, school has been from';'s to 14-'.'years, /although ■' exemption could :be obtained on- certain conditious .after hthe age'of 12. Children under 5 but over 3are ■ admitted,-.: ..;';>.:.;■-. ■..'■■.■■:■'.-:,■;,':.,••■•-••
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 443, 27 February 1909, Page 5
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104THE SCHOOL AGE. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 443, 27 February 1909, Page 5
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