EDUCATION IN BRITAIN

Wairarapa Times-Age, 9 July 1943, Page 3

EDUCATION IN BRITAIN

PROPOSED DEVELOPMENTS AFTER WAR HIGHER SCHOOL LEAVING AGE. AND LATER PART TIME INSTRUCTION. <By rwh-n™ IrgS-DoSr jSV T” Post-war education plans under which the school-leaving age would be raised to 15, with compulsory part-time education between the ages of la and 18, will be published next week as a White Paper, says the “Daily Telegraph.” The cost of the scheme would be £40,000,000 to £60,000,000 annually. The views of the House of Commons and of the local authorities will be sought on the proposals befoie the Bill is presented in the autumn. The part-time education between 15 and 18 would place considerable emphasis on technical education, including agricultural training, and employers would have to release their young workers for attendance. Other proposals include an extension cf the school meals system, settlement of the denominational schools problem, and an extension of nursery schools. The proposals for dealing with the denominational schools include an invitation to the churches to hand over their schools to the local authorities, retaining the right for the ministers to enter the schools. Another proposal is that the churches should meet 50 per cent, of the cost of modernising and reorganising their schools and retain full control.