QUOTA NOT FILLED

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 17, 4 February 1937, Page 4

QUOTA NOT FILLED

Hawk«'s Bay Afiplieaiits For Teadimg Profession TRAINlNG ENTRANTS Despite th© fedU6tim ifi th© «^> demic standard of . qualihcation, Hawke's Bay has been unable to fill its quota of young people wishing t® efiter tlfe teaching pfdfgSM^ th«fi beifig a deafth Sf appiieaiiti iftdf thi second call by the Hawke's Bay Education Board. ^ . Th© iMuckte DepAfttasfit gliettsa 50 as the quota for Hawke'e Bay, and when applications Wero first calldd tbis year the academio qualification Was fixed, as has been the case for the past few. years, at the holclmg of a full or partiaJ pass in the Ihaining College entrance examination. Though a fair number of applieations were received, not nearly the required nuifiber poasessed the necessary qualifications. As it happened, Hawk^s Bay Wfis not alone in this respect; quite a number of other North lslafid dietricts hsv« been u&able to fill their quota. The department then advised that fresh applicatiOn© shduld B© cillid t© see if the quotas oould be fiUed, but on this occasion it was decided that th© academic qualification should bef reduced to a lower standard^ tfiAi of a higher leavihg-certifidftte, Which is grant-ed to pupils ot secbfidafy SChOol© who, after passing the university entrance examination, take ceftain othef suhjects. The other requirements, such as physical fitness, personality and suitabiiity for teaching, applied as for the previoug call. Though the reduced standard resulted in additional applieations coming forward, the reSpofite to ihe board's call for applieations still left a ehortage of nine, and ihe department has been - advised that only 41 applicante from Hawke's Bay possess all the nocessafy qualifications. It i^ understood that in some dia* tricti of the North Island there is a sUrplus of applieations, and it is believed that where the quota. has no© be§n attaified, &s ii the case with Hawke's Bay, it will be filled from fche surplus of other difetricts, — - ----- 1 i -ii " t - ii i rr-