A TRAINING SCHOOL

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 65, 17 March 1936, Page 14

A TRAINING SCHOOL

PROPOSAL IN CHRISTCHURCH. The movement for the establishment of a residential domestic training school under the direction of the Christchurch Technical College was warmly approved at a meeting of the committee of the Homo Service Association, Christchurch, recently. Miss C. E. Robinson, of the Technical College, explained her proposals for the school to, the committee, and after an informal discussion it was decided to inform the college board that the association was whole-heartedly in support of the scheme. Miss Robinson put before the meeting the details of her scheme, which provided for a residential training school, under the control of the Technical College Board. This school would be of great assistance, Miss Robinson said in increasing the efficiency of the workers, and raising the status of housecraft as a calling for girls and women. During an informal discussion of the proposals, Miss Lovcll-Smith spoke of the success of a scheme introduced by tho Government in England, by which girls were trained and induced to enter the profession by tho promise of good salaries and permament positions when they were fully trained. The association has'also plans under wa_V for a discussion of the improvement of relations between employers and tho workers, and especially for the improvement of conditions in the country.