EDUCATING THE SOLDIERS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 16311, 11 December 1918, Page 6

EDUCATING THE SOLDIERS.

THE GOVERNMENT'S PROPOSALS. Per Press Association. AA’ELLINGTON, Dec. 10. In the House of Representatives today the Minister of Defence gave a summary of the Government’s provision for soldiers in the matter of repatriation. retrospective allowances, and other good treatment. “It was proposed.” said Sir James Allen, “to allot fifty scholarships at the British universities, tenable by soldiers who had partly completed their university course in New Zealand. This would occupy the men while they wero awaiting embarkation, and would fit in with the general education scheme. The cost would bo £10.625. Post-graduate courses for medical and dental students would also be provided as well as special courses in agriculture, stock, and so on, with courses at agricultural colleges. There would also be courses for engineers and mechanics —as far as possible in workshops—and other vocational and instructional training pending embarkation. Tho cost of this branch would he £50.000. On transports the educational training would go on. A\ hen the sick men "were returned to New Zealand they would undergo curative treatment, hut he could not estimate the cost.