POST-WAR CAREERS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 25214, 1 May 1943, Page 6

POST-WAR CAREERS

SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE (Rec. 11 p.m.) LONDON, Apl. 30. British men and women in the Services will have a chance after the war to train for a career at the Government’s expense. The Minister of Labour, Mr Ernest Bevin, announced that the Government intends to spend upwards of £15,000,000 a year to prepare them for the professions. Mr Bevin's scheme of Governmentfinanced education for those whoso studies have been interrupted by the war will probably extend to 60,000 men and women, covering those who wish to become teachers, lawyers, accountants, business officers, architects, technicians, and agriculturalists. There will be university and maintenance grants up to £250 a year, exclusive of fees, and adequate allowances for wives and children. Those desiring to do so may go to dominion and other overseas universities or training centres. The Daily Telegraph says that .the Government after the war intends to encourage the development of new British industries based on recent inventions, discoveries, and the new industrial processes brought into use during the war, many of which at present are secret, including the technique of radiolocation, which will revolutionise peace-time television and radio, also the whole range of plastics, which will affect new building methods and mass production generally. The plan is to train those in the Services in part of the scheme to ensure the speedy expansion of new industries. It is understood that demobilisation will proceed as far as possible on the basis of “ first in first out.” The Government will also arrange a comprehensive scheme of education and training for civil life for those who remain in the army to police enemy countries.