TEACHING CANDIDATES

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 13, 30 January 1937, Page 10

TEACHING CANDIDATES

Wanganui Disappointed , Candidates for entrance to the JTrairiing ; Colleges "' wero approved at iyesterday's meeting of fhe Wanganui Education Board when • the selectlon |committee reported that the following jreport on the eandidates had been sent pto the Director of Education: — "The committee of selection feela Jrery strongly that the class of candijdate coming forward for the teaching Jprofession is,- on the vrhole, most disfeppointing. This applies both to the fboys and girls. While there wero somo jindividual eandidates well up to stanjdafd, the average lackfed character and jpersonality, -while the quality and aceuracy of specch left mnch to be dejsired. We feel that so much of the jconntry's future depends , on the adejqaate education of our young people, jend that the fonclion of tho teacher in jcharaeter b'uilding and development of (personality along right lines is of sueh rparamount importance that no effort (6hould be spared to raiso the standard iof those coming forward -for entranco jto our training collegc, and to attract jto the teaching profession outstanding jittdents in our seeondary schools. AVo tfarther feel that hcads of seeondary Uchools should be approaehed with a JricTy- to inducing the best possiblo typo iof boy and giTl to come forward as canpidatcs for tho teaching profession."