THE SCANDAL OF LARGE CLASSES
A TEACHER'S BREAKDOWN. The Executive Committee of the New. Zealand Educational Institute last evening had before it a particularly sad ca6o Arising from tho severe strain put upon primary school teachers in charge of large classes. Correspondence rend went to show that a lady member of the staff of one of the Wellington city schools lmd broken down completely under tho strain of teaching a class of 87 pupils. Doctors' fee?, and expenses incurred in search of health, had absorbed over v£loo of her slender' means, and she was now compelled to apply for relief from tha Institute's Provident Fund. The executive granted some relief, and those present expressed strong indignation that such a state qf affaire should have been aillowed to continue. It was pointed out-that 87 was not by any means an unusual number for a class nowadays, classes of from 100. to 130 being instanced. It was decided that tho tacts of the case should bo brought before the public with a view to strengthening the lmnds of\ the Minister of Education (Hon. C. J. Parr) when he went before Cabinet with the Education Estimates.
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 255, 22 July 1920, Page 5
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