JUVENILE LABOUR IN ENGLAND
Under the' new British EJ'ica'.ion Act no child can leave school until the end of the term in which he reaches U, and tho London County Council's Education Committee foresees that as London olenientary schools are organised on a hisis of a two-term year, 35,000 boys ami girls will he thrown on the labour market in March and again in October (says tho "Daily News"). The Juvenile Labour •Exchanges suggest four leaving periods a year—at Christmas, April 1, tho beginning of the summer holidays, and on the Friday preceding November 3. To this end the teachers agree. The Ministry of Labour has, however, urged the council to slow down tlio flow of pupils from the schools to iivott gestion of the labour market now Unit tho war is ended, and young persons already employed will be displaced. The Education' Committee has asked the Board of Education to fix the school terms aud the appointed day for putting into operation tho section which forbids children leaving immediately they reach tko exemption age.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 127, 22 February 1919, Page 4
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175JUVENILE LABOUR IN ENGLAND Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 127, 22 February 1919, Page 4
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