TOO MANY TEACHERS

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 155, 21 September 1927, Page 13

TOO MANY TEACHERS

FALLING OFF IN MARRIAGES QUESTION OF BONDS Marriage helps the Education Board to find work for its teachers, and the inactivity of Hymen caused the members slight uneasiness to-day. “How can we employ all the teachers being turned out from training college?” was a question which was sideredExplaining the large number of relieving teachers this year, the assistant secretary, Mr. Ray, said that some of the causes were that there were not so many marriages, and that the number of schools which went up in grade was much smaller than in previous years. Mr. H. W. S. King suggested that an increase of school population was the biggest factor in employment. The chairman, Mr. A. Burns, said that students just turned out from training college had preference over probationers. Mr. E. C. Banks: Preference is given to grading. Mr. T. U. Wells said that if no employment could be offered them in a reasonable time, training college students should be released from their bond. The chairman: It cuts both ways. Mr. J. Patterson: Some teachers who want to get married are afraid to break their bonds because their parents might have to pay. The chairman said that the department decided how many students should go to the training colleges each year. The director had informed Mr. Ray that this year’s estimate would work out all right, so there was no neo£ to anticipate.-