Scheme To Relieve Shortage Of Teachers
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WELLINGTON, May 9. To relieve the immediate shortage of teachers in New Zealand the Education Department intends to start an emergeney training scheme at the five training^colleges. This was announced by the Minister of Education (Mr McCombs) when addressing the conference of the New Zealand Educational Institute. It was stated that there was a large shortage in the Dominion of teachers, and the deficiency would grow during the years as more children enrolled and teachers left for one reason or another. The scheme would be an intensive oneyear course limited to promising persons over 20 years of age. An appeal would also be made to married wifmen teachers and super-annuitants to oft'er their serviees even on a part-time basis in distriets where the shortage was acute. Other measures mentioned by the Minister included asking teachers to postpone requests for extended leave, and a shortening of the probationary period for a certain proportion of students. Mr McCombs said that 58 per cent. more teachers were now in training than in 1945.
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Chronicle (Levin), 10 May 1949, Page 3
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