SCHOOL PUPILS AND FARM WORK
Wellington, This Day. The Controller of the Industrial Manpower Division, Mr H. L. Bockett, has announced that arrangements have been made for a conference between representatives of the Manpower Division, Wellington district principals of secondary schools, and the Director of Education. The conference will be held to-morrow afternoon, and it will take the form of a discussion in committee. A difference of views exists between the manpower authorities and the principals of the secondary schools regarding the scheme to employ pupils on farm work during and after the Christmas holidays. The principals contend that it is unwise to permit pupils to carry out farm work beyond the period allotted for the school holidays. Any extension, they claim, would upset the curriculum and affect adversely the pupil for the remainder of his term. It is hoped that various aspects of this problem as well as other difficulties regarding the scheme will be discussed, based on information obtained in previous years. It is probable that principals will be asked to compile lists of pupils offering when the manpower authorities have stated the numbers that will be required.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 78, 25 November 1943, Page 5
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