Expansion of training
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ALTHOUGH the Industrial Training Act has
been law for only two years, 13 Industrial Training Boards have already been set up. Because of their activities this Act will have a profound effect on the further education service. This claim was made by Sir John Hunter, chairman of the Central Training Council, when speaking at Sunderland last week on industrial training and further education.
It was an important principle behind the Act that a Board's recommendations on training should include, as an essential element, associated further education, he said. The Minister of Labour would normally approve proposals of the Boards only if they made it a condition of grants to employers that day release or the equivalent was provided for young people in occupations requiring a substantial amount of training.
Recently the Engineering Board announced that as from September 1, 1966, firms would not be eligible for grant unless day or block release was given throughout the entire period of training of craftsmen and technicians.