CLASSES RETARDED.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 233, 1 October 1936, Page 26

CLASSES RETARDED.

SCHOOL STAFF CHANGES. REQUEST FOR NEW SYSTEM. (By Telegraph—Own Correspondent.) NEW PLYMOUTH, Wednesday. What were described as ~chaotic conditions in the primary schools, as the result of very frequent staff changes, were the subject of -a frank discussion l»v the executive of the North Taranaki Primary School Committees' Association last night. With a view to safeguarding the interests of the children it was advocated that immediate steps be taken by the Minister of Education to put into operation a system of appointment whereby frequent changes would be obviated. A resolution on those lines was passed unanimously, and will be forwarded to the Minister. Tu one school of seven classes there had been from 2 to 4 different teachers this year, it was stated, and some country schools could show a still worse position. Mr. G. A. Lyall said that as long as the basis of payment was 011 average attendance and the teachers gained their annual increments according to the position they held, changes would be frequent. One class had had eight changes of teachers since February. It was no fault of the Education Board, as there was a shortage of teachers to contend with.