HAIR APPARENT SIR,—The article by Miss Whitchorn comments on the
wide gulf which exists in hairdressing between the service in London and in the provinces. She infers that the apprenticeship system is at fault. May I invite your attention to the fact that the National Apprenticeship Council has been in existence for four years and its aim is to ensure that entrants to the .craft, via the three years' apprenticeship, are trained on a standard basic syllabus, sent to local technical colleges and entered for the London City and Guilds examination?
When an employer asks for an indenture, we re- quest that an undertaking be given about the training of the apprentice both in the practical work and in the facilities afforded to attend the local technical college. On the subject of private commercial schools of hairdressing, it is the Council's view that, where such schools exist, they can be satisfactory only when they train students on a nationally agreed syllabus, are open to inspection, employ only qualified in- structors and submit students for examinations approved by the organised craft associations such as the Hairdressers' Registration Council or the National Hairdressers' Federation.—Yours faithfully, H. W. SKELLY Secretary, National Apprenticship Council for the Hairdressing Craft 39 Grafton Way, WI
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