EDUCATIONAL.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2168, 5 June 1914, Page 3

EDUCATIONAL.

OTABO INSTITtJf E MEETS

(By- T<slßE;r<i,tli."-Pj'6s.B Association,} • j Ouncdlti, Jtnie 4, At a meeting of the otn.g(> Educational Institute tcHflay, Miss Msokensio movecl;—"That ivbinen teachers.in schools #f fkade I? should not Iks iefiwved from their positions (so long as thoy prove capa/blo O'f performing tliQ' duties attached to'schools of tips grade) ■ Without being allowed aft ■opportunity of Accepting- a. position carryiiig ail equal sa•lary, ,, < '■ Miss M.aetow;io pointed out tliat, after 3, woman as solo teacher, ha.3 worijMl a school up frosrt . Grades 11.1 to Grade IVV'tlio board placed a man is. charge;, and *■ woman was cither xnaxjo mistress of a. school fit a. smaller Sala-iy or trattsfoired.i probably to another, school • where- she could not receive tho ■same salary. There was a general agreement that' sach hardship was frequently imposed upon women teachers,, aftd that the position was aggravated by the fact that (lie teacher shifted from' the school, ill addition to. suffering loss of salary, had; to spend about .£1.5 i*r_shifting.- . , .'Mr. \V. Davidson said that this was another argMinßiJl for a Dominion scale of salaries and schente for promotion. Other members added 'that it. was also a-n argunjont far a schetn& of salsifies based uftin efficiency and service.. An amendment was moved by Mr, 0. D. Matnauki "Tiiat.no teaeherVsafery bo reduced while ho or she temained efficient.''' This' amendment W-as carried. Mr, Davidson announced .that, last year, the income of the superannuation fund had 'bran £8.4,00!*, and tie out* goings £33,000. The accumulated funds now stead at £3QQ00., Se went on to say thai by the Amending Act passed on Ootobej.' 10, 18.68, all teachers who were then pwraanenMy employed and contributing irere' entitled to ebitj.it back service, in cQ-mfmfcit jkm of retiring ajlowancssj but those who. entered subsequent to that date were not allowed to' count back ■service, tinder the antondttents of 1012, by .whicii-profesv sots and lecturers wpks brought in, thes* Were allowed to count back scsfv;ico in oases' where they were pftrttaiisiflly employed in iSOdi. tf this 'Were-' tight, all teachers who we're in the. service'iin 1912 and who had been in the jsfetvioo prior to 1906 should be allowed to countKncli service hi compiitijig retiring allowances.. Ho thought til at the ihsti* tutip should do everything in its power to have the' Act further amended so that teacher's should bo> placed on the same footing as profe.ssor.Sj teetutes, and others. It Was moved! "That tile Institute regarded the- authoritative teachings of tiia Bible as the only satisfactory basis of moral teaching.'* After a very brief discussion, however, it was resolved to pass on t*> the nftjit business, tjia mover of the amendment to that effect expressing the view that they wight be sis years discussing the <jue:stio.n, _ It was resolved; "That tli.e Eduea* tion Department be asked to ameml ih,a regulations, dealing with the, 'COKviyaiiiSf!. of children to school so that eliildfen riding on > horseback,. unless already served by an authorised school conveyance, might be granted the same' allowance as children d*ivi'S£ to school,"