TEACHERS’ SALARIES COMMISSION.
[per press association.] Wanganui, June 10. The Teachers’ Salaries Commission commenced its sittings to-day. The witnesses examined were Mr G. S. Bridge, Chairman of the Wanganui Education Board and Dr Smyth, chief Inspector. Mr Bridge was opposed altogether to the proposed Colonial scale. In his opinion it was merely getting the thin end of the wedge in to centralise the control, which was most undesirable. School Boards were in a better position|to judge as to staffing and the salaries of schools in their districts. He advocated a sliding scale from £5 to £3 10s capitation per head which would be much preferable to the fixed amount proposed. A male teacher should receive a higher salary than a female as it was necessary to induce youths to enter the service.
Dr. Smyth was in favor of establishing one or more training colleges for pupil teachers. Ho thought it would be a very good thing if the Boards had power to transfer teachers. He was in favor of a colonial scale of salaries but he had not considered tne question of a graduated scale of capitation and did not know if it would solve the difficulty.
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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 11 June 1901, Page 3
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197TEACHERS’ SALARIES COMMISSION. Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 11 June 1901, Page 3
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