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THE report on the education and training of electrical engineers is a really important and instructive pronouncement. The industry is a comparatively new one, and the committee has been able to formulate recommendations in advance of the prejudices and customs of older branches of engineering. An attempt is made to lay down a uniform system for manual and technical workers of various grades, and it is pointed out that industry should be represented on all committees concerned with primary, higher, and technical education and with after-care and juvenile employment. The committee recognises four classes of apprentices, namely:
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U., W. Education of Engineers. Nature 105, 152 (1920). https://doi.org/10.1038/105152a0
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