Abstract
AMONG the limited number of benefits conferred on us by the War is the growth of the educational services in the Armed Forces. The work carried out has already been referred to in some detail in these columns1. The schemes have developed along different lines in the three Services, but in each case the amount and quality of work that is being done has reached proportions which would undoubtedly astonish those who were familiar with Service conditions in the War of 1914–18. In the Army, for example, a compulsory form of education has now been conducted for four years, and has grown into what must be one of the most searching and wide-ranging experiments in adult education that has yet been attempted. Soldiers and auxiliaries have been given opportunities of voluntarily studying subjects as far apart as chiropody and Chinese, music and metallurgy; the element of compulsion has been applied to the discussion of current problems and the way in which good citizens are produced. These miscellaneous activities have not been without effect, and it is not surprising, therefore, to find that Service education departments have been preparing even more comprehensive programmes for the release period which will begin when Germany is defeated. The Army and the Royal Air Force schemes were announced at the beginning of October, and it is expected that a statement will be made on behalf of the Royal Navy in the near future.
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Education before Demobilization. Nature 154, 525–528 (1944). https://doi.org/10.1038/154525a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/154525a0