FREE CLERICAL TRAINING

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2697, 17 February 1916, Page 6

FREE CLERICAL TRAINING

; FOR RETURNED SOLDIERS !■"■:■■ SOCIETY OP. AiXOUNi'ANTS* !■- , v"; PROPOSALS::;j The New Zealand Society of .'Account-: i ants have formulated; a scheme which _is r i . expected to produce 1 excellent results in' i ; i tu.e direction vof providing clerical S training for those./'returned 'soldiers,' '.- ■ who; through' the exigencies of the war,' \ have been incapacitated: .fromipursuing: \ ; their - iordiriary;- v 'employment:';;';; 'Tho. ;'. scheme, : :which' is-a very"complete one,' : i has;; been submitted to;-the/ Minister 'in' ( charge of the Discharged Soldiers' De-' ; partment (Hon. A: L. Herdman), ;whp,; ', in reply, stated:"Theisplendidco-oper-|. . , ation ,of your society with the' Govern-' :■:■ Htent''in 'its' efforts to do everything pos-' '. Bible for tho. welfare, of returned men is • particularly gratifying to me, and I I shall be glad if you'will'extend to your j ' council my appreciation of the thorough and excellent manner hi which they .. , have dealt with the matter."

; / ■ : The Scheme. The society will rely upon the Govern. ! nient'to pass -for instruction only such partially disabled men as the Discharg- '. Ed Soldiers' Information Department ; considers likely to profit by the instruc- ! taon provided. It will also undertake , the financial responsibility and complete ; supervision, of tho .'scheme .to provide ! free instruction in office routine; and" ■ book-keeping, but-at the same time re- ■ serving to itself the right to obtain by ..' special .means such' additional outside financial assistance as.it deems necesI sary in tho event of an expansion of -the" scheme beyond present expecta- ;•. tidns. _ ' ■ { . • The. instruction will' be provided by ' (Certain selected commercial schools and ;vlnstructors;-'and ;in dealing with such. '. .schools the society will select •' one , "school in each centre'only (to be se- ; ■ ..jected by: members' of' the council in [. lach centre), and all business.arrange- :. . nents and contracts with • schools and ; nstructors shall be made by and all re-. >prts be sent to.the.TSxecutive Commifr. ]' iee of .the society, 'who .will have full ; vuthority; to: make all ..necessary., arrangements, and-;willj'if-necessary ,-;con- ;. Jer-with responsible -officers'"of "the-D.S;!. j 'Department. ■ , ; ,- -. ~:'.:.■'..,.;■' Course of 'instruction. \?' ."'.'■ r : The course of instruction shall be ;.•' tiat ,of- the ';. book-keeper's examination ~ of the" society, But at the.outset.it, is that- special attention' shall be : devoted to instruction in office; routine :.-'■ and systems, and*- the elementary groundwork ~of'..accounts. .' : ZTS? The;conching; schools selected; in.each [ of the ; fpur centres, shall provide • either ; ' .personal'or correspondence^-tuition':'at ,' the option .'of'.the student: .'"■' Tli'e correspondence course must be divided into.' tßree' sub-courses, v and the contract ,; with the coaching ■ school •in ... relation to 'each, student' will' bo : : .made for- one sub-course at' a ' Rime. : Tlie personal instruction course j.will be booked for a period not exceed- ;.'• ing one quarter at a time. Corres- ;. pondonco instruction should bo pro- : vided for thoso not resident in the ! four centres, or'who, being resident ;.-' therein, would prefer correspondence to ' personal instruction. Where- personal instruction is provided - the society ! stipulates for male teachers.-

' The school selected in each .of the : four centres shall be .entitled to all i P.ie students in its provincial districts. Students elsewhere or correspondence students beyond the capacity of a ; choscn_ school, shall be allotted at the 1 discretion of the executive committee !■ of the society. ; Hie fees for instruction shall' be ar- ; ranged between the society and the ;■■• school on a uniform basis. If ' tie schools so desire the society will be ■.prepared to arrange for assistance in the form of lectures and special les- •' sons, or the correction of correspondence papers by members of the v society. ,

;.. school is to supply ,to the execu- : flvc committee of the society in Wel- ; flTngton a monthly report on all stu- ; jdents enrolled under the scheme on ;. 'forms supplied by the' society. Tho committee will have the right to ter- : pinnate the contract as to any stu- • iqe'nt at the close of the sub-course or :penod then current and paid for. All students are to be introduced "and to the coaching schools [through the society.. Ensuring.a Footing. j The society 'will, i n the' case of stu- ; Wents whom tho schools recommend as j--ifit to sit for examination, meet i-he Uni- ,, rt-ersity entrance fee for the book- [ Ekeepers examination, and will also : cmeet the payment in the case of sucj icessful students for- a certificate of 1 proficiency, from .the University (the 'Senate, of the University of Now Zea- ; iiland ! havinc already agreed to reduce . isuck fees by 50 per cent.), and will jcrant its own-diploma in "Practical ! jMorcantile Bookkeeping," thus plao.•Jng successful student returned soldiers ,: ion- precisely the .same footing as other ■ ißUidents for its, bookkeepers' examin-f-latum.' ; i .'Details of the scheme/are to be supplied to tho various accountant students ■ -societies in the ..four.;centres, who are *emg invited to consider and suggest , Siojr. they, can, assist by special fneet,\«lS» or,instruction classes or otherB'jse.