CANTERBURY TEACHERS' INSTITUTE
SMALL SCHOOL SYSTEM CONDEMNED.
(By Telegraph—Press Association.)
TTMARU, Last Night. Tlhe Teachers' Institute .to-day decided to start a- cruisade for a imiinimuim of £l5O ifor sole teactors in ama'll schctolis, and for the cessation of the (miultipli , ca!ti''aii 'of smalll ischoo'ls, by the substitution of a conveyance' system. The large .number of small (schools is one reason why salaries are : kept down-. The result is inefficiency, and tlhe total cost As greater, with a less return forth© imonley expended. A firtisnde, to take theiftcrm' of initerviewing -the Minister, and having conferences with /members of Parliament, and the hike, has been started. The present system is characterised as a. disgrace xo the country. The conveyance of children 'is stated' ito- have .been such a .success in Victoria: rbhat 300 small ischoolls .Have been closed tlhcre since the conveyance of children system has 'been adclpted. ,
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10628, 6 May 1912, Page 5
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146CANTERBURY TEACHERS' INSTITUTE Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10628, 6 May 1912, Page 5
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