YOUTH CHARTER
PLAN FOR AFTER WAR WORK AND EDUCATION Recd. 6.30 p.m. Rugby, Sept. 14. A post-war charter for youth, issued to-day as a White Paper, pjcoiiimends a it-liour working week, inclusive of part-time school, a month’s paid holiday, the raising of the school leaving age to 16, and attendance at day continuation schools until 18, with grants or allowances for parents. Other recommendations include a building programme to guarantee healthy living conditions lor all youth, experiments in uniform methods ot religious education by youth clubs and centres, and statutory powers for local education authorities to aid youth to find the right employment. Conversion of some military camps into holiday camps—possibly under an international scheme—is suggested. The potentialities of the cinema for good are realised in the substitution ot planned cinema-going while a quicker and wider distribution of cheap editions of good books is urged. It is recommended that the 44-hour week shall apply up to 16 in wartime and up to 18 in peacetime, and that half the holiday with pay shall be consecutive between March 15 and October 1, with Board of Education grants.—B.O.W.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 219, 16 September 1943, Page 5
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186YOUTH CHARTER Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 219, 16 September 1943, Page 5
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