CONTINUATION 'SCHOOLS IN BRITAIN
COMPULSORY CLAUSE SUSPENDED 'i FOR SEVEN YEARS. ! London, Juno 6. ! ' •In-.response .to ,an : agitation in Lanea- ! shire, particularly by the masters and i workers in the ciitton industry, Mr. H. : '''isher (Minister of Education) has j agreed te amend the Education Bill by ; Suspending for seven years the clause : requiring compalsory attendance' at con- ' tinuation schools for boys and girls from ■ sixteen to eighteen. Another amend- j ment will reduce the total hours of ' j schooling for children between fourteen . i and sixteen to 280 hours' per annum, ir.« j stead of 320 hours. Many' educational c-n- ; thiisiasts profoundly disagree with the ! postponement of the clauses, though it ia ,j admitted that there is a lack of teachers 'j and of suitable .school buildings—A lis.-. ; NX Cablo Assa'. . ;
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 223, 8 June 1918, Page 7
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