EDUCATION BILL
SCHOOL LEAVING AGE
PROPOSED RAISING IN BRITAIN
OUTLINE OF LEGISLATION
(British Official Wireless.) ' (Rec. 5.5 p.m.) Rugby, May, 29. The Government’s Education Bill, which raises the-school leaving age from 14 to 15 years, was debated on the second reading in the House of Commons to-day. The President of the Board of Education, Sir Charles Trevelyan, explaining its scope, said that by giving another year's schooling to over 400,000 children the competition of children in the labour market would incidentally be reduced. Work would thus be provided for 100,000 people now receiving unemployment benefit, representing a saving of £3,000,000 in unemployment benefit. The total cost of raising the school age would be £5,500,000. To accommodate children in view of the proposed change, 100 new schools were, being built and there were 350 school enlargments going on. A later message states that the House of Commons passed the second reading of the Education Bill by 280 votes to 223.
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Southland Times, Issue 21097, 31 May 1930, Page 7
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159EDUCATION BILL Southland Times, Issue 21097, 31 May 1930, Page 7
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