EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 127, 1 June 1927, Page 3

EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS

IN AUCKLAND DISTRICT. INCREASE IN NUMBER OF SCHOOLS. POSITION OF MARRIED TEACHEES. "Tn view of tie number of certificated teachers for whom permanent employment has not been available the Boari. has been inncii exercised over the question of the emploTmeT.t of married 1 women tearhers ■wnose husbands are ia I a posiiion to adequately support them." i Thus reads The annual report of the Auckland Education, Board, presented Ito to-day's meeting of members. I:, was further pointed out that the board j considered that the employment o: : married women teachers should not be unconditional, but that the board »houid have dir-cretion in the matter. The interests of all married women teachers who find themselves in difficult rinfumstances Tsronld not, be in any >ense prejudiced by the granting m boards of discretionary power. The board obtained the opinion of <">tl.er boards throughout Xew Zealand n;x>n the matter and found that the zreat majority of them were in fall .irrord with their view. In referring , to the peneral development of educational facilities in the Auckland district, the report adds that tiic number of schools open at the end ■f 1926 was 7-H an increa-e of 124 luring the last ten years. The number "f pupils enrolled was 653.52, an inrrease of over the number enrolled a: the end of the previous rear. Seventeen new schools were built during the year and fifteen were enlarjeo. In I 'Tder to meet cases of emergenov seven j buildings were also erected. The grant- . made by the Department would enable a fairly vigorous policy with refer«ni*e to the provision of accommodation to r be adopted. The requirements, nowJ ever, would not yet b<?en even approximately overtaken, and congestion e.\i«t<Ki in -i-me institutions. The board - a!~i f • •■ini difficulty in staffing its > r;;r;i! -i-li.vils owiDg to the lack <".;" lixii'.a at-i-ommodation for rural triu-lu'r*. In reference to the necessity for in-ialiing septic tanks, the board cnsidereil such work should be a dire't. ciiarcp acainst new buildings, and tiot ag;iii>t :he maintenance fund. Tli«* attrr-laiKT at tne Trainin? College wa = 370 il irinj 1926. Reports of inspectors shin p<l that improvement in the errlciency uf tuition in secondary depart-nit-n;- i-< in tin tied, while the senior hiph srh.i-.!- ;i: Kowhai. Matamata and N'.rth.'i :•• were doing goM work. The do-ir.' u.!- that inconnection wi:n j:uiior his.i in rural centre?, the representation of the main district should be fuller than at present. >o far as the consilidation of sriiooL wen:. parents \r»re satisfied with tne efficiency of the scheme over many small institutions. A steady improvement 3 had taken place in recent years in the matter of starring. E The report, was adopte<l.