CONTINUATION CLASSES.

Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 253, 24 October 1919, Page 6

CONTINUATION CLASSES.

WHAT AMERICA IS DOING. In view of the"of Torts which are being made in New Zealand to establish continuation clashes for the further education of those who have left school, it is interesting to note in the latest i-islie of "Tho Industrial Arts Magazine" a reference to the gist of the Vocational School Bill passed by the New York State Legislature. The Act provide? that part-time or continuation classes shall be established in cities and school districts having a population of f>ooo or more inhabitants. Each minor under the age of 18 year* who is not in regular attendance at a public, private, or pnrochial school shall attend part-time or continuation classes for not less than four hours per week nor more than eight hours per week for 30 weeks during the school year. The attendance at a part-time school is to be between the hours of S in the morning and 3 in the afternoon. i It is hoped that something of the sam« j kind will be established in Auckland before long. There is at the present time !on the Statute Books a law giving permission to start similar classes in New Zea- ; land, -but so far the Education Department has not framed the necessary re- ! gulations before the law comes into j force.