TEACHERS' SALARIES.

Motueka Star, Volume II, Issue 102, 5 August 1902, Page 4

TEACHERS' SALARIES.

: .tri * s dai L v becomming; imore Evident Gbvhrnment> \tilT be MFort;h&'' , paVmgr safc&ries. ] ffbe ) TeacHeA^ Jway .ipi,., fPiQ.Vt-d the cod oition of the profession >the ; ggpitaifon’graiif is'^till; are, pdany a rforiialies lyh ieh v qnire to be rem'ovecl before tfce ' tional system of the colony can be regarded; as‘ on a Satisfactory footing’ ns-’ pecialiy with regard to remuneration. 3-he .small salaries which now .prevail f d ? PPt;attrhct the most capable to the , work pf teaching, while the 'rate ruling ; P9W# 1 is such' '.ijhat thpin; a t r§ nnpe«sihg e#6rfe on the of the ! country, te!ic|iers to obtain!. appoint-/ wpets in the >tojvps. it is freely repopted that fhkny teachers have re- ; she. i{ piqfesfsion to. under-, ta-ke if pot 1 mofe' congenial, at least .better,. paid, . work. 6,ur ed’ujcatiti.i/l cpiony a goodly spin per 'fkripum/ but there wiji be tew' to dispute the claim that of all returns, for taxation, among,' the nest is edn r ciifion. Thh position at! f Jie jpfesp!»t> time is tha.f , -abauV.d * in country schciols, : and. that Inhere is a decided ' disinclination on ' the part of male teachers' to go inf o the country, and when they are locate 1 in the country they wish to migrate to the towns. *1 his state of affairs cannot but be regarded as a serious evil in the Zealand education system. Recently there w.pre seven vacancies advertised in the Wellington educational disti ict, and for these the Board received eighty-seven" applications, thirty-fo.ur of which Were from outside •this district. Many, of the applet-ds wrote that they •were willing tq make sacrifices in order to obtaiu appointments within the city district. A sub irdihate position in. a city sob oi vy.th « yearly salary of L9O. recently vacant, was advertised and fifteen applications were received,, wnilp tli„e l iead teache-ship of a by no means remote country school, with a salary of JLS4 arid a residence,Was competed for -by only three applicants. The No-th Canterbury B rai d at. its , last “meeting pa.'sed a resolution which s wjii n-r a s:st in lessening the embrjMfcssments of teac lers more part'ciilarj(4phbse’’ <>f the moile able and aspii-irigWlass. It. is that to be eligible for pppointmoit. as first assistant in ,a school with a n average of 350 and upwards, hr as seemid m a city school, candidates tnust have had previous experience as head-teachers. In the Auckland district, a similar regulation has been in operation for some time. A refusal to go into the country in the Auckland district, it is said, means dismissal foi the one who refuses-. It will be seen that our teachers are in an unfortunate position at the present tithe. The one great palliative is—more mouey. There are many reforms that will have to come, but the question of an improvement in. the scale of remuneration- is the mpst pressing!—New' Zealand Times.