Changes in education
Sir,—l thank the Minister of Education for his reply to my letter (March 4). In theory, he is correct about the difference in hours worked, except that intermediate teachers work well over five hours a day for the primary school year on primary rates of pay. What the Minister does not highlight, however, is the fact that secondary pupils are not at school every day for five and a half hours a day over the 190 school days of the year. Many the official opening
day, finish early if they sit public examinations, often are dismissed early regularly on school days, take extended mid-term breaks, etc. No doubt teachers are on duty even when pupils have been released, but schools are great places to work in when there are no classes to teach. I enjoy teacher-only days best of all. — Yours, etc., J. W. TAYLOR. March 4, 1987.
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