BANKING DIPLOMA

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 144, 14 March 1921, Page 6

BANKING DIPLOMA

PRACTICAL ENCOURAGEMENT. The scheme recently formulated by the New Zealand Bank Officers’ Guild for the higher educational training of bank officers is receiving practical-encouragement and support from the banks. Already the Bank of Now Zealand has given a lead in the matter. The general manager (Mr. H. Buckleton) has informed the general secretary of the guild (Mr. 11. P. Mourant) what the Bank of New Zealand is prepared to do. It will pay one-half the fees for the special correspondence course, and one-half of the university fees of all its officers who proceed to examination. The bank will pay the balance of these fees to all its officers who pass the examination. A bonus of .£lO will be paid to every officer of the bank who obtains not less than 10 per cent, over "pass” marks in not less than two -subjects, and a further bonus of JHO to the officer of the hank who obtains the highest number of marks in each yearly examination, provided that ho has passed in no fewer than two subjects It is understood that tho guild is much gratified by this liberal offer, and believes it ‘will do much towards the achievement of one of the guild’s own most prominent objects, efficiency of ntembers, and at Hie same time give considerable impetus to the movement already begun in the direction of increased efficiency in the commercial section of the community.