TEACHERS' SALARIES.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4535, 28 September 1893, Page 3

TEACHERS' SALARIES.

''. vThe Gommutfe appointed by llie ? Edtloatioli Board to revise the scale of v teachers' (lalancß presented the fol- !•<>< lowing recommendations at the Board », meetingyesterday morning.- i , • That the Balanes of feuwla teachers by the Board shallbe as IStSi. The scale for pupil teachers ipiaU be a! follows, and the regulation ®||pning the etoploymont of ex-pupil pSwifiW shall be rescinded, tho fol-:-(a)Pupil teachhave completed ti-eir course to bo retained in Board. HBK haVe passed the hnal withcredit may he conBrauetl'for a period not exceeding two Byearsitbe first year at £SO, und the ■ second year at £GO, during which ■ time they will teach in any school ■ where their service may be lequmd, 11 and they will bo expected to tnko udI vantage of ; tbMflrtilicale classes, so I - that thejyjuX»lify themselves for I prpmot WKphe Board does not ,how- ! ■ ever, hoKT itself respoosihle for the employment of suoli teacher?, nor will it recognise tny claim fmtber than that, nil things being equil, teachers trained in the service of the Board will have the preference in filling vacancies, (c) Bute B shall apply to male pupil teachers, (il) Mai) and female pupil teachers who wake a

weak final pass shall terminate their engagement with the Board, and shall not be eligible under Kule B. If any suoh teachers should desire to continue their professional studies with a view to obtaining r certificate, on making application thoy may'be admitted by the Bourd free of cbuigu to all tbe certificate classes for a period of not exceeding two yearj. (e) That on pupil teachers being accepted as such, and before entering on their apprenticeship, they tdiall sign an agreement embodying the foiegoing and other couditions of servic, a copy of which shall bo furnished them.

the scalo of payment of tenchtra sliull lie asTollowsThey shall commence aa fifth assistants at an annual salary of £80; fourth ditto, £9O; third dit'O, £100; heads of infant department, £125; first assistant in girls' school. £l5O. Heads of infant di'|nrimcms shall mean those teachers who are in charge of the infant department of a main school, and under the supervision of the head teacher of sueli main school, and shall include Masterton, Thorndon, Clyde quay, To Aro and ' Newtown, and such oilier schools aa may hereafter he placed on this list bytlie Board. 8. That male assistants shall be classed as-A Class, salary £100; B. ditto, £125; C. ditto, £150; D. diito £220. 4. That all oases in which reductions were made in 1888, which are not dealt with by these provisions or -liavfl not been affected by promotion or other beneficial cause, shall be \ restored lo the position prior to 1888, \ and that the main city schools, viz , Newtown, Mount Cook,, To Aro, • Clyde Quay, Terrace, and Tborndon, shall te claesed under the muiiraitm .scale,

5. That no salaries shall be adversaly affected during the tenancy of the present holders, 0. That no teacher will bo coneidered eligible for appointment to the charge of a school with an average attendance of 30 and over, who does not hold the D certificate. 7, That the capitation grant to be increased ten pMfflJesfi amended regulations shall come into operation from the It t January, 1894. Pupil teaohers' scale,—Male—L2s, 182, L3B, IA LSO. Female—L2o, L 25, LB2, LBO, L 42. The Chairman stated that the jecommendations involved an increased expenditure to the utmost Jimifc of the Board's funds, I .On the motion of Mr Fraaer, I seconded by Mr Young, the report | wan adopted, with me addition of ' Jetone and Masterton sehools to the i 4th clause.--Post.