Industrial training : with special reference to the conditions prevailing in London / by N.B. Dearle.

  • Dearle, N. B. (Norman Burrell), 1882-1961.
Date:
1914
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: Industrial training : with special reference to the conditions prevailing in London / by N.B. Dearle. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ance would have to be made. Similarly various alternative forms of attendance at Continuation Schools should be allowed so far as is consistent with educational and adminis- trative efficiency. The success of the whole plan will depend on the support and co-operation of employers, and therefore, as a matter both of policy and justice, every effort must be made to consult their convenience and put these changes in operation in such a way as to reduce friction and inconvenience to a minimum. Both employers and workpeople would, of course, receive adequate representa- tion upon the councils of the various schools and a fair share in determining their policy. In this connexion somewhat fuller consideration may be given to the hours of Continuation School Attendance and to the form which the reduction in working hours shall take. As regards the former, times which immediately follow the close of the day’s work or which provide for the boys’ absence during the last hours of it are likely to secure them the maximum of benefit and at the same time to cause the minimum of disorganization in the workshop. As a normal thing, therefore, hours of attendance will probably begin between 5.30 and 7 and close between 7.30 and 9. \’arious alternatives will, however, be possible, and care must be taken to avoid fixing times which will unduly break-up, or interfere with, the working day. In this respect the Continuation Schools Bill introduced last year ' erred somewhat badly, since by limiting attend- ance to between the hours of 9 a.m. and () p.m., it would have caused an unnecessary amount of inconvenience. Possible variations include arrangements to allow of absence for two half days ])cr week, or the working of a five day week with a free Saturday, or the making of the neces- sary reduction by excusing attendance bi'fore breakfast on the days following the classes. In any case a varied and flexible system will be nece>sary if the combination of com- pulsory Continuation Schools and reduced hours is to provi' workable. * No. 105 of 1013.