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IN his review in the House of Commons on A March 13, the Minister of War directed attention to developments in the provision of educational facilities for men in the Armed Forces. Mr. Stanley outlined the general scheme which is in operation under the aegis of the Central Advisory Council for Adult Education in H.M. Forces (Home Services), which was brought into being a few months ago. The Council is representative of organizations for adult education, and works in conjunction with regional committees set up by the vice-chancellors of universities or principals of university colleges in their own areas. The Board of Education acts as the medium through which the Central Advisory Council makes contact with the Admiralty, War Office, and Air Ministry, while the divisional inspectors of the Board take a similar part with the regional committees. The Central Advisory Council had appealed to the War Office for a sum of £10,000 “to be going on with”, and help on a similar scale is being requested from the Admiralty and Air Ministry. The outcome of these applications is not clear and was not dwelt upon by Mr. Stanley in his statement, although the omission suggests that the applications have been at least temporarily shelved. It is essential that the existing situation should be clarified if misconceptions are to be avoided.
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Education in the Armed Forces. Nature 145, 526–528 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/145526a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/145526a0