UNEMPLOYED YOUTH.
PROBLEM ABROAD. Mr A. W. Hicks, Assistant Director of Education in New South Wales, who returned to Sydney after a tour of investigation abroad, said that in the United States the school age limit had b-s-en raised to 16 years, but the operation of the N.I.R.A. code had made it difficult for boys under 18 years of age to obtain employment. Mr Hicks said that in the south ot England there was practically no unemployment among employable boys over 16 years of age. Under the new national" insurance scheme, hoys remaining at school until they were 16 were credited with so many units of insurance. There was a difference of opinion in England on the question of raising the school age. Legislation had been passed raising the age to 15 years, but the proclamation of the law had been postponed. A large number of persons were of the opinion that, instead of raising the school age, it would be preferable to have day continuation schools for the boys to attend while they were not on full-time employment. "A number of large employers of labour in England had introduced special classes of their own for apprentices.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 87, 11 March 1935, Page 8
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