THE TEACHING PROFESSION.
The amanual report of the Education Department shlow® that there 3675 pECisons engaged in. thle tea:c!himg ip,rofeifi?<ion in New Zealand, of wlxom* .1927 are men. and 2748 women. The disparity between tihie oi'Uimiher of male and female teacher® is .sudh. as to create uneasiness' in, tlje jniinds of educationists. Altte of femalfe ,teaolie,rs E's generally of a higlx order, it, .is iniot to bie compared, on tihe wlible, with .that ol the male, for tihe reason thlat the essential quality whidh make® £xm discipliine is llaoMng. And yet ; by the way thinas are going, 'it is only a qiiesti'Oto. of x time wflnem tine profession will be almost exclusively confiined to the weakw • sex. Such a development would be disastrous to tihe cause of edtucation'. Wlhen it is remtemib&red thlat the future of tlie Dominion depends in a ■large .xnmsuiw upon' the education, of the young, tihe iimportaoioe of nuakdn.g tihe teaclhiing profession attractive to tihle male will at once be recogniised. The quiestiqra is one wtWich ehouMi engage the immediate attention of the Legislature.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10420, 11 September 1911, Page 4
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178THE TEACHING PROFESSION. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10420, 11 September 1911, Page 4
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