OF INTEREST TO TEACHERS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 781, 2 April 1910, Page 15

OF INTEREST TO TEACHERS.

QUESTION OF COUNTET SEEVICE.(By TcleEraph.-Srecial Correspondent.) Auckland, Maroh 31. . At the quarterly conference of country school teachers held to-day a letter was read from ; the Education Board to the effect that it could not see its way to grant, the request that country .service should carry extra marks. - - Mr. Ellis spoke strongly on this matter, and urged the executive to keep steadily in view the question of offering educational inducement to teachers to go into the country. At its last meeting tlio board was bewailing the fact that it could not get young men to go into country districts,' but this was-not surprising under existing circumstances. Mr. Lamb thought a minimum of at least three years of country service should be Tequired of teachers, and if this wore so it would give those who had fmt up with social banishment for so ong a chance to get into the towns. This WB3 a, matter that affected all the boards in the Dominion. - Several of the members said at present if a. man once got into the' country he was generally there for good. It was decided to refer the question to tho executive for a report to be made at next meeting. . ' .> .