TEACHERS WANTED.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1476, 26 June 1912, Page 4

TEACHERS WANTED.

v. ;SHou po Ri? ; ; #i^r: : ■ : : Tlic :.SmSiilnnn";Mncaficm Board v r«porra;;; its* rHral*"schoql3^". -is:, co'rbtisra'ioivSof&tho 1 . oHior , ;'eilucAhpuy)(iaTOs?Miir Nexr Zcalaud;-- WitlvJ* :|fic iirfbav.oi.'takiniiKdcflnito'slcp'sto incetS; «■!.(lescjoficieniy'/caiiscdj,it^i:i.s! ated,- by tho>,v ■-llio--. t«acliiii(J-s;f Xlio;:\.AV.cUhigiATi'n:-.' EduraUon ■. :;!iniu'(l;;iiri(i^l)i'foVfcil/;.iyii'csolutioi\,oi tho .. swk-. .'■ ':'Rc«fi!(t;4luit. --'(lipj:.fC]il'raK authority'miglit.Vj , "trmbictipiiSofiam adcquntclsuviply'of "(s?r- j"i tilicalcililoao'iiti'S'ol'; spoil' cliuracter, Iot*?! ; : Nc\v.;./,i;;i]iiiHi,",to)fril r posilinns inC'fficipnU.viji ■islaiVpili- :!iniV^tp? ; inevo]it | ,1 ti i ac)iin'^":iiVHui'> ! mri)l l 'i'ficlioo!s : boiiiK'-ve-:. , : , : Jl'ueed-'jto, auliinßcrously.low , ' level, and our;; , 'natiomil'jji'ystcm-: t herei'orp , endangered;.;;, , :; r'-'J'hat'.Mio'Cypiir.lineiit, in co-opcratipu witlil; i;lljo. Js6ai' , (ls , ,:'tiiko?'stops' to ; ilVeiv.vKpn'aml; annually such nmiibcrofv. i'certificatctlXtcachcrs < as, vi!l;reasonably." ■/nicet'vlho' , udeds..of ; :.thc Dpininioii''oOicicnt-,.;;: ■;ly:-'sj;Bffing its scliopls." ■ : ./ , .:' l i i '.:.'? ; "; : t. L -iif^' V T!ie Training' . ■: ■'.'Vγ^)'

f^The' chairman of the "board (Mr. Rob."*' .ti't Lee) TOiuiU'ktd the board would iiroh-ably-.approvc of tho suggestion that some.thing.should be douo to augment tap supply"' of certificated teachers. ■ That the., .shortage should Iμ met by. importing'from England was another mat-; tor.: :■.They had now four training col« :lebcs'''.in Ne-iV' Zealand, and the institution ot Wellington was by no-menus in "full- ,, -working order yet. ; \"W<s might say to , ..the' Southland Board—if wo aro in ■.symixithy with their object—that wo havo ■'within , ' ourselves the power to meet tho ;dcmaml, h if' a littlp l more inducement could: bo held out to candidates for tho 'teaching ■.-'profession," said Mr. Lee. '/■'Granted', that these inducements offered '/attracted ■'a sufficient number of caudi■'dates.wo.have at hand tho means-where-' -..by.-.they. nwy.be trained." Thou, continued .;■ tho , -speaker, tho training coilcges should I not'-'only train teachers for the primary |,sohoo!s, 'but should also train teachers ;■ for .'secondary school work. This latter.

responsibility wns n very serious one* ; -.;.' Secondary school teachers, as a whole, :'. ';.«■ ■wore not trained teachers. He moved:—JJJ. lUb "Wollingtoii ' .-'Board is ■ in optreeiiiPiit with ■■the.vi.'iS '■Southland Education Board iii.its. de , -.' , -;.. , ■? sire that the schools' of'-"'the '"■% 7 chould be fnliy staffed with-.qualificd XcM, '-; teachers, and in its expressed opinion '..that better means,, .should ,be adopted.. , .Jv'J; . for obtaining an.' adequate supply of Vov ■'certificated teachers. This board is ofv Vj .'iopinion that : if more indiiccments'-v.^; .wove held out;to prospective teachers; 1 ;...;■,■:., our own":-training colleges would be;,"?,;;£ j ... nbloMo.nioet.t'ao requiremeuts.".. ■■■"£>:« ■■;' in England'.- '■' : i Hi - Contimiing, Mr. Lee said that to as£"-.,' the ediication authorities at Homo to ■'/. send out a number , of certificated teach- S' ers every yenr. \v 'd bo a very danger-:O'V ousvfrocceriins, ;iL.i would put our o\vn. : ::'" : traiuuiK college.? at a serious disadvaiit -y... age. ■ Xor could ttio idea to carried-out^;. , for anv length' of time. Frofes-sov Sadlei;.? , ':- , - (of the Chair of Education at Jlar.chester r '.y> University) had reported a marked .dc r cliuo in the numbar of teachers-offeringV; for. service in , England'during the , ' last;; - : {. fivo years. The fall was shown thus , :— Vi, '■&■■ . 1906-7.,.■■:■;;.■ ; n|osft>K'. : w." ■;>i ■'; 5M7-S -?."..'.::.: "■ >". ; 'r.. 190S-9 •!"/'....;....; ;;,^"7,liS" ; V^:('':;; ,-f' , '' .1909-10.i :.;...; ',;■ 7,075 "^<-a : \ 1910-u; ■ ..—■■:■ ' e.^.^ ,^;'.: ■'■iMr- -W.'Freemiin seeended the ; :espressed his conviction that theyß; had sufficient material in Kcvr without having to resort to importation. , ;; Mr. A. W. Hogg "had no sympathy;:;.( whatever" with the proposal of the. , :. Southland Bonfrd that teachers should..lμ.:;; imported, ,"'.: : -s ■Mr; J. Kt-bbeli doubted whether--.. tna . : :>, imported , , article would relish the idea J of rusticating in the bacic-bkeks.' He out..:' not think they,..would. , '.l^^ii-

-.'.. "Net Geod Enough." ' '■'^? : 'f"<&.? " Eovcrting .to the question of offering : *tp mors iiiducemc'Ut-3 to candidates to come >-;;>■ forward, Mr. Leo said thst a little- more ;1 \- mi"Ut bo giveu ki tho iower-paid teach->;£ v (.'i's in Uie back-blocks, aud also comfort-. alile borne? might be provided. "It is not ;.- good enough." said he, "to give a tcaouw •>;.: tho fame salary as a typist, a girl in v 'V? ■W-room, or a ehop cirl. 'Hie iwpi!e<tp S iv 'si'Bwtion svas that tho one class was as >;$: good P 3 iho other.' That wns not so, con- .'■,,::: ; rendcil tho speaker. Teachers had _to ■,;,;■., study, and bo h-ajued for their proles. sion. ■ Tho Education Department , w ould ■■■■<<;: do'very well ■(o consider the question ■oi . -%■. raising tho lo.w salaries to. a more a^-'.';;■ ti'Kotivo standard. ■ .", s ' ; V,V.. : : 0 I Tho juotioa was carried.:; : ■." "' .?£