WOMEN AS SCHOOL INSPECTORS.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19111, 21 September 1927, Page 5

WOMEN AS SCHOOL INSPECTORS.

DEPARTMENT IS UNBIASED. "Xo prejudice is contained in ■ the mind of tho Department of Education in regard to tho appointment of womeu teachers as school inspectors/' said Mr T. B. Strong, Director of .Education, to a representative of The Pbebs yesterday. "There is absolutely no bias against their appointment," ho said. '■' As a matter of fact one lady teacher was- in the first selection lis,t, and that shows that tho claims of the lady teachers arc duly considered," There wert soveral women applicants, for the position that had just been hlled said Mr Strong, and their claims had been considered alongside those of the malo applicants. If any of the women applicants had, by grading and experience, superior claims to the male applicants, then tliej' would have received appointments. The number of applicants in the past had been small, but this time the number was unusually large, and the majority of the applicants were, men of considerable experience and high standing, being headmastors of large schools.' TJiere had been four positions vacant, he said, two in Auckland, one in Taranaki, and one in Otago. Messrs Clark and Henry had been appointed from Christchurcb, and Messrs Blake and Cumming from Wellington.