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Healtt Education: In 1950 he was appointed chairman of the newl; created International Development Advisor Board (Point 4 Program), and in 1952 becam chairman of the President's Advisory Committe on Government Organization, a post which h held until 1959. When the Department of Healtt Education, and Welfare was established in 195 he was appointed under secretary, a post whicl he resigned to become special assistant to th president for foreign affairs (1954-1955).
About 70 colleges and universities offer programs to train health education teachers, and the profession is growing. Members of the profession feel strongly that health education should not be considered a part of physical education and that physical education should not be a branch of health education. Some high schools now give a half year to physical education and a half year to health instruction.
Forster's Education Act 1870, which heralded compulsory state education, made provision for school boards to ensure attendance but they were not compelled to do so, though later Acts strengthened this aspect. More recent Education Acts, however, have reinstated the right of parents to opt to educate their children 'at home', though this has often been made difficult and met with social and administrative disapprobation. This was enshrined in the Education Act 1944 where the term 'education otherwise' was coined, and again in Section 7 of the Education Act 1996 which states: |
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