A FAR-REACHING PROPOSAL.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 910, 1 September 1910, Page 5

A FAR-REACHING PROPOSAL.

<;':• '/^CONTINUATION'CLASSES SCHEME:' ■ . .■ ■■ .Of.considerable.importance is the pro-' :.'■•-■■ • posal ,in the Education'.Amendment:Bill > ■■■ • to the effect that on, the application of a. i-'- • echool committee an education board may '':!'■:■','.■' make regulations for the compulsory at- :■.".'.'-': '■-,tendance of ;'-all' children,; between the ■ ■'.' /ages of,U and 17 years .at .continuation :• '- and technical.-classes. If 'the\prdposal: is ;. . ■■-.: . adopted exemption will be_ granted only. :'■ if :a child who. comes within its scoped is; : ! .:-/; : otherwise 'receiving a' suitable education. ■ ; ■'.'■'■":', '■-:■■ Speaking'.'to! a DdiiisioN; reporter yes- ; ■'.- : , : '■. terday, the Hon.- G: Tqwldssaid be could. ■'''■■ ■'■:'": 'not tell whether ■ advantage', would- :be : . : , t :: . taken; of , ■•.: .".;;■ tees generally. .The object .was a very de- ■ ;.' /.sirablp one' for. it:-, sought, .to. make per-; l .;' :: ; i manent the-:value..of ■< the. -whole.'.of : the"; : -X- :/'■ . pri mary cducat ion';' At the .present time'. ■ : : '■'-■': a largo'proportion ■ of the. primary' educa- '' .""'• tion'.vas lost'by. neglect during'the ages '.; in question./ - MrV,l?owlds : .: pointed. , out ; 'that.at present tkero'were.a great , ' , many ■ ■•■;■' /.continuation classes 113 distinct: from the ' .ordinary technical school classes./ If ad- ,'•, ■:■ ditional clasees were .'.established 1 they '' ii;/ .would' be 'conducted on 'the'/lines'of the ' ■ :■.'■-•'. existing cpntinuation classesl; '.Sir. Fojvlds ;' : .^^..emphasised' the point. >.hat the proposed !•/,-,V-.. classes necessary. - -If.:children'. yv •■ had..-.; already : -passed; 'l-he : with standard' ">. ■; V they would, of- course,'take subjects .re- .'. •' ■ ' lating: to.;'a''tradc .o'iv a'profession;'; No . '..' .qne'could over-estimate .the'value of. such '.'..'.'-.;.y'. classes.';- -'■';■''■ \ ._;;■; ,;.<■■, .';■•' :; '■'■■, ;! ■•'::'