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Courses of instruction provided by vocational education committees.
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61.—(1) In every district to which this Part of this Act applies, the vocational education committee for such district shall, in every local financial year, provide such and so many courses of instruction (in this Act distinguished as compulsory courses) in the nature of continuation education as such committee shall consider necessary having regard to the requirements of the young persons resident in such district.
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(2) The vocational education committee for a district to which this Part of this Act applies may, if and when it thinks fit so to do and without prejudice to its obligation to provide compulsory courses, provide in such district in any local financial year such courses of instruction (in this Act distinguished as voluntary courses) in the nature of continuation education as such committee shall consider desirable having regard to the circumstances of such district and of the young persons resident therein.
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(3) Every course of instruction provided under this section shall consist, in the case of a compulsory course, of one hundred and eighty hours of instruction in each local financial year or, in the case of a voluntary course, of not less than one hundred and eighty hours of instruction in each local financial year and, in every case, shall be distributed, as regards times and seasons, in such manner as may best suit the circumstances of the district but, in the case of a district which contains the whole or any part of the functional area of a committee of agriculture, not without previous consultation with such committee.
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