CERTIFICATED TEACHERS

Dominion, Volume 15, Issue 30, 29 October 1921, Page 13

CERTIFICATED TEACHERS

PERCENTAGE NO HIGHER. "The percentage of certificated teachers shows no increase, although it is reported that the recent provisions for using tho graded list of teachers as tho basis of making appointments and promotions is beginning to have a. salutary effect in the direction of instigating uncertificated teachers to improve their status,” the Minister of Education states in his annual report. "The fact that the shortage of qualified teachers is now becoming less acute will also make it possible to bring pressure to bear upon teachers who are not attempting to improve their qualifications. If the teachers of schools with an attendance of twenty and under are excluded the percentage of certificated teachers becomes 81. The London County Council employe 20,000 certificated teachers and only 300 uncertificated teachers, so that it must he admitted that there is room for improvement in the average standard of attainment among New Zealand teachers. Of those holding certificates, 47 per cent, do not hold anything higher than a D certificate, which represents the lowest possible attainment that a teacher should have reached. This number is happily 2 per cent, lower than it was in the previous year.”