SECONDARY SCHOOLS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2560, 7 September 1915, Page 7

SECONDARY SCHOOLS

- 'ASSISTANTS' ASSOCIATION. . The annual report of the Secondary Schools' Assistants' Association .of New Zealand states tliat within tho last four months th© membership lias increased to 183 from an original membership of 154 last year. Reference is made to tne. Education Bill of 1914, and the work done, by the association in placing the views of its. members before the Parliamentary Committee. It is hoped that tlie schedule filially adopted wi'j gj- v0 the same conditions, as tho original schedule promised. The Hon. Jame6 Allen and Mr. Hogben assured a deputation that regulations would TSo made limiting incidentals to £1 per licad, so tliat £12 10s. per head for free place pupils would be Spent on salaries. These regulations had not yet beeii Gazetted, and |ona large board was spending only a, little over £9' per head in salaries. "It :belioves ,U3 to make tlie strongest pos-. iiible'protest against any such attempts to wade spirit ,of : tho Education . Act, for it is„heyond dispute &at if Clause ing hodies, botli in letter and in spirit, • tho status and salaries of . secondary school teachers will be materially improved." : " ' ' ' Tho association placed before the Minister tho question; of payment of superannuation arrears on salaries for evening work in'technical schools. Tho suggestion is made that a much, fairer way would be to make contributions for evening'work quite optional. The Minister, stated that the whole question of Superannuation for teachers would- be gone into by him, particfllarly as he felt the teacliers had a.real grievance in-having their retiring allowance based upon the last three .years instead' of any three consecutive years. Pleasure ia expressed at. tlie' election of last yoar's president, Mr. F. H. Campbell, to the Council of Education, and: regret that the lady memberti' did no,t _give more support to the association's female candidate. Formation of branches of this association is now well under way- Wellington. 'Auckland, and Canterbury (North) have formed themselves into-units.