SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS.

Taranaki Daily News, 17 April 1916, Page 8

SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS.

DEPUTATION TO THE MIXISTER OF EDUCATION. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Wellington, April 14. • Members of the Secondary Schools Assistant-Masters" Association of Xp\v Zealand waited upon the Mlnista- for Education (Hon. J. A. Hanan) to-day, in order to make representations regarding (he need for a Dominion scale 01 salaries for secondary t•;.••. ners and other matters affecting their organisation. They stated their eases in i-onie detail. The Minister, in the course of ills reply ; said that the teacher?, throughout New Zealand oiU'.t to ernnbine inlo one body instead of fo.'niiiig various distinct organisations representin.,' primary, secondary, and. technical groups. They were all school tenches, engaged, in the common work, and their organisation as a body would assist him in his effort to secure a co-ordinal id education system. He intended to gi-e his attention to several matters that called for improvement "in connection with the secondary system. Questions of examination and inspection called for consideration, and the Director of Education (Di W. J. Andersonl wyiv.d he dealing with thpm as opportunity offered. Mr F. M. Bann°n reerc-tary of the Association, said that he wiu'in agree-, ment with the Mi'«is,'.»r in desiring one corporate body to lepri'scit the members' of the teaching \ r.i f ission, (n the lines of the Nation il L'ui.vi of Teachers in Great Britain. He felt that Mii-h a body would be of great value, not merely to the teachers, but to the cause of education. It would assist to prevent gap* and overlapping in the education system, and to dovetail the primary, secondary, technical, and university courses. Ref e rring to the question of a Dominion scale of salaries for secondary school teachers, the Minister said tha't such a scale was difficult to devise under the.present scheme of. administration. ,The matter had received his attention, and the teachers had his sympathy in their desire to secure an improved state of affairs. ' Mr Clifford, another member of the deputation, thanked the Minister. He said that he realised the difficulty of the position, hut hoped that the Minister would continue to give the subject his consideration.