GRADING TEACHERS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 613, 16 September 1909, Page 8

GRADING TEACHERS.

A BEPLY TO MR. PIBANfc ' ; IBx Ttlcsrapb.—fliHjctai Oorre«oondentV '■< . . Auckland, aeptembor 13. JLt. to-day's meeting of .the. Auckland;;Edi cation 'Board,' certain "statements, of 'Mr/. I Pirani, chairman of the "Wanganui Educatio Board, in regard to'the new. system of 'gradii] teaohfirs in Auckland, were rel'erred to byM: C.jPurdio, who said, it was evident 'thi MrPirani knew nothing at all about the syi tem iust .introduced. , In. quotins- the ,fact thf the board was''.giving* 70 marks fc efficiency;' 20 for. academic knowledge/ - and ] for .length-of service, :Mr v .firaju had', state that: the Auckland board was only, takic .three points into, consideration 'when gradin teachers.- The chairman of, the,Wangani .board should l have taken the trouble to mal himself anointed ,with the "full particular: Ho evidently did not know that the mspector ■duty, was to subdivide the? marks' for. efficienc v ? r^Tr Inuc ' the, same manner: as adopte at VVanganui. In tho case of the Wangam board, they',allowed 10 iharks only".for. dii ti lrc 'j" ednoationi6t would -sa that the power of maintaining discipline wo not worth more than 10 per cent. Mr. Purdi added that he- wanted: to' allow himself .th luxury of _replying to' Mr.' Pirani, who ver evidently did not know what ho was talkin ■ir 5. nho criticised the Auckland boarc Easecumbe' said ho was glad that Mi rndjo, who had really originated tho schom i? r t!'° fi. r ®dlng of teachers, had replied t I "Tt. statements were very crudi ; Mr, M 'that the amazing • pai of it was tKht Wanganui had copied its. schom of grading teachers from Auckland, and tho claimed to have 'been tho first to institut snch jv system, ' . • . : Mr..Purdio: Yes, 1 moved in this matte •i> c l oro tho. Wanganui board did. WL 'u a ™nf, said that it Was .well know that tho Auckland board had originated th idea of grading teachers, ; and that otht boards had taken their, lead, Wanganui bein one of the. boards to, gain tho. most benefi' He was glad, that Mr. Purdie had proved ho' ridiculous.< Mr. Pirani's statements nrcre '