TEACHERS’ SALARIES COMMISSION.

Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 21 May 1901, Page 4

TEACHERS’ SALARIES COMMISSION.

(PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.)

Dunedin, May 19,

This atternon Edgar Bastings, of Oamaru, sp«ke on behalf of the North Otago branch of the Otago Educational Institute.

George McDonald, President of the Dunedin Branch, said he wished to speak on the question of payment to teachers. On a captation basis the £4 capitation was not sufficient for Westland and some other boards, and consequently the remaining boards must have a certain amount deducted to make up that deficiency. The weaker districts should get an increased capitation. The Otago teachers would like to see other teachers in the colony raised up to the Otago level. It was not fair to make payment on the average attendance. It should be by a block vote. The Otago Institute favoured the centralisation of the inspectors. Miss Hooper, the next witness, opposed the reduction of the salaries of infant mistresses. The female teachers, who wore being fairly treated in the scheme No 1, were being much more fairly treated in scheme No 2. Instead of suffering a decrease they were reeeiving an increase. In fact mistresses occupied as much responsibility as the first male assistant,

The Commission will resume and probably finish their Dunedin siccing on Monday.