STUDY BY TEACHERS

Press, Volume C, Issue 29702, 21 December 1961, Page 16

STUDY BY TEACHERS

New Bursary Scheme (N2. Press Association) WELLINGTON, Dec. 20. The Minister of Education (Mr Tennent) announced today that the Government had approved a bursary scheme for teachers and probationary assistants. Fees would be paid for teachers who had obtained at least two degree units while they were at teachers' c< 1lege—or by paying their own fee* after that—and who then wished while they were teaching, to continue their studies for a degree or a diploma Can He Reinstated Mr Tennent said the bursary would be suspended if the teacher failed to pas* the subject, but could be reinstated once he passed this or another subject by paying his own fees. The bursary would apply to teachers doing extra-mural work as well as those doing part-time study, Mr Tennent said teachers who had already received bursary assistance for three years or more of full-time study at a university would be eligible for the bursary Payment of fees would be granted only for subjects approved by the Director of Education and no graduates in art* or science would be eligible except those wishing to add the diploma In education to their qualification*.