(_a_) That the Department should consider whether some better
method of educating these children can be evolved. It feels that
the mere granting of an exemption certificate may transfer the
problem from the school, where there is at least formal oversight,
to the community, where this is not the case.

(_b_) Where the underlying reason for exemption is the misconduct
of the child, the Senior Inspector should have power to grant the
exemption subject to the child being supervised by the Child
Welfare Division of the Department.


=(4) Relations With the Child Welfare Division=

From the evidence received it is clear that principals of schools would
welcome a closer liaison, by regulation, with the Child Welfare
Division. A high degree of co-operation already exists in some places,
but it depends on the personalities of the people concerned and is not
general.

With a full realization of the desirability of secrecy in the affairs of
a delinquent child, but also with the knowledge that the principal of a
school should know as much as possible of his pupils, and in most cases
has known them longer, and in conditions of less tension than the Child
Welfare Officer, it is suggested that:

(_a_) Where a child in a school, or transferred to it, has come to
the notice of the Child Welfare Division for acts of delinquency,
the principal of the new school should be informed.