TEACHERS OUT OF WORK.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18969, 6 April 1927, Page 10

TEACHERS OUT OF WORK.

I ♦ j THE BOND OF £250. j IS PROFESSION OVERCROWDED ? j Young teachers in Canterbury, who are unable to obtain employment at their calling, are said to be resentful I of the bond of £250, which every one | of thorn has had to give to remain in j the teaching profession for a stipuI lated number of years—-women for l three years and men for five years—- | after they complete their training I course.' They agree that the profes--1 sion is overcrowded, and that it is un- [ fair for the Department, which is un- [ able to find positions for tbem, to hold j them to the bond, and to refuse to I illow them to accept employment in j other walks of life. It is stated that j there are about 80 teachers in Canter-, bury unemployed. Mr C. It. Kirk, secretary to the I Canterbury Education Board, does not ' agree that the teaching profession is overcrowded. The surplus of teachers [ at the beginning of each year is an ; annual occurrence, he says, but most i of the teachers are absorbed before the year i 3 through, and usually before the ' end of the year teachers are hard to , find. The demand from country schools for teachers is generally keen, but many i newly-qualified teachers do not desire to obtain employment away from the university centres, while others on a I low grading are not satisfied with the positions oft'tdng. POSITION IN AUCKLAND. PREFERENCE FOR CITY. [THE PBEGS Special Bervioe.} AUCKLAND, April 5. - "We have about thirty certificated teachers in addition to ninety extraining college students, who are not in permanent appointments, but the majority of them are employed in relieving positions," said Mr A. Burns (chairman of the Auckland Education Board)', when a Dunedin telegram relating to unemployed teachers was brought under his notice. "Many of the ex-training college students will not accept appointments outside the city or suburbs. There seems to be a decided objection to country service on the part of many teachers'. I may say that in the case of most of the teachers not in permanent posts, we hope that before the end df the year they will placed permanently." Mr Burns pointed out that the marked disinclination of some of the teachers to go to the country increased the difficulty of finding permanent appointments for them. Most of the teachers referred to by Mr Burns are women.