POST-WAR EDUCATION

New Zealand Herald, Volume 80, Issue 24631, 9 July 1943, Page 4

POST-WAR EDUCATION

BRITISH PROPOSALS [{Herd. 5.3.) p.in.) LONDON, July S Post-war education plans, under which tlie school leaving age would be raised to 15, with compulsory part-time education between 15 and 18, will be published next week as a White Paper, says the Daily Telegraph. The cost of the scheme would be £40.000,000 to £60,000,000 annually. The views of the House of Commons and local authorities will be sought on the proposals before a bill is presented in the autumn. Part-time education between 15 and 18 would place considerable emphasis on technical, including agricultural, education. Employers would have to release young workers for attendance. Other proposals include an extension of school meals, settlement of the denominational schools problem, and extension of nursery schools. The proposals for dealing with denominational schools include an invitation to the Churches to hand over their schools to local authorities, retaining the right for ministers to enter schools. Another proposal is for the Churches to meet 50 per cent of the cost of modernising and reorganising the schools and retain full control.