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SECONDARY SCHOOL ASSISTANTS

' — • COMPLAIN OF DISABILITIES ; DEPUTATION TO MINISTER A deputation from the Secondary school -Assistants' Association waited -, upon Sir l' rnncis Bell (Minister, of jhiducation). yestorda'J afternoon in order to put beiore . linn .resolutions passed at , -tno conference which iind just concluded , -its sessions in Wellington.. ; - r :. *VM. Renuer stated that the de- \ liutation. desired to put before tlip Aiincer^a'u disabilities,' relief trom -which tlio secondary,- school. assistants i-lioped to obtain, -liie disabilities wero s bo removed manly by way of in- |. creases in salaries. Tho associniion askfid for J.'5i,000 1 to enable its members to ; bo paid on a, professional basis. Dur:sng tho war it had not embarrassed the • 'Government. by clamouring for higher , l>ay. Therefore, Jtlio. speaker hoped that •the claims to be put before the Mini ,ister would bo entertained. Under prei Bent conditions, the pay, etc., of pecond!ary school .-teachers wore in a hopeless -.muddle. Members of tho association it time that the Government took over their interests entirely. The "• ,'Government'' was responsible tor'over 91 ' (per cent, of the ireo: place 'pupils in tho Dominion, and 1 hfid about as much Bay upon the question of what teacheis suould get tho best salary as an .■\oiiico boy had in tho management of a

.bigbusiness. After. 21 years' service an iassistunt wai only abo.ut £7i per year . abetter off . than when ho entered tho • 'service. R-obsou put before the' Minister ifigures collated with tlio object of explaining why tho association wanted so : inuch all at once.. Ho- said, that the i {secondary school assistants had, in tho siiast, been too 6ilent ns to their claims, sin order to'put them on tho same footling of salary as % tho ■ primary school . -leathers a grant of. would be * .'needed; . The' ; way would' then bo paved ji'or nationalisation; The further reforms ;j)roposed by the association would call ' lor tho expenditure of .£25,000. Mr. A; O. Gifford dealt, with the sub- 1 i tject of superannuation, and present dis- j 'abilities of the secondary scliool assistants in that connection.' They 'were at 'a decided disadvantage by comparison ■with members of the Public Sen-ice in tlio reckoning of gears' of .service -for , : . (superannuation purposes. - They entered ■ 1 ' [the profession later: than Public Service , 'cadets, and only, "after expensive, pre- ,] • ijparation.-. TJiey hail other disabilities ' which Mr. Gifford described in some deItail.. . , , Mr. H. ■i A. Parkinson (repre- ■' "tscnting the' New • Zealand Educa- ' tional ■ Institute): urged ' the necee- ' eity for co-ordinating the primary, sec- < ondary, and ■ technical educational ays- ' terns of the country.. Teachers were em- ' 1 • -ployed where they could/not give their ! best service, and p.upils wero placed in , (schools -where they could not best pur* c Wie theii.bent. As soon, as p'ossible there t 'should bo a unified control of the 'teach- s ing services.'' . i '■ t The' Minister, replying, said that the s deputation must. remember that' he y i . i 'might ]jo holding, tho portfolio of Edu-. \ jcation only temporarily.'As things stood, c (he 'could make, no promise of any kind t ".Jin regard .to salaries, .'except that the ■matter would b e taken into considera- i tion- immediately things were settled." He .; saw.-the need of, co-ordination, but did } 1 (not think it was for him to say what ( (form he thought it should take. ..The s imatter> was. out of the question for, the , T '■ ipresent session. The question of salar- [ ' lies, on. tho other hand, was one that j, could he considered in connection with j, the present Estimates.' v_ . a

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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 291, 4 September 1919, Page 7

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SECONDARY SCHOOL ASSISTANTS Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 291, 4 September 1919, Page 7

SECONDARY SCHOOL ASSISTANTS Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 291, 4 September 1919, Page 7

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