Abstract
THE report of the Central Advisory Council for Adult Education in H.M. Forces for the six months ending September 1944 presents further evidence of the remarkable growth of education in the Services and of the inestimable contribution made by civilians. During the period under review 59,023 single lectures, 2,955 short courses (average number of meetings 5), 2,358 classes (average number of meetings 9), and 348 intensive schools, leader's courses and conferences, are known to have been arranged through the agency of regional committees. Besides these activities, other classes were arranged by local education authorities direct with the Services, while many other informal meetings are difficult to represent statistically. By far the greatest quantity of work was done for the Army, especially the Anti-Aircraft Command; but a considerable amount was done for the Navy, the Royal Air Force, and the United States Forces. Since much of the educational work is co-educational, it is difficult to show how much advantage was taken by the Women's Services of regional committee facilities; but the amount of all-women activities was approximately one-sixth of the whole.
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Civilian Contribution to Education in H.M. Forces. Nature 155, 611 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1038/155611a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/155611a0