Education Economies
Sir, —Probationer teachers and students at college have been advised that their incomes are reduced by £5; and some good', people are very much annoyed, but why only £5 per annum? The' cost of living and rents are so reduced that most of these will-be teachers will save from 5/- to 10/- per week for board, so could easily have lost £lO per year and still be better off than their predecessors were two years ago. Further economies could and should be effected in the Education Department without impairing the service. Remote allowance is an absurdity, and costs the department thousands of pounds. Marriage allowance is another piece of extravagance, and married teachers are no more entitled to it than other public servants are; in fact, some married women in the profession are drawing married allowance who should not hold positions in the service. These are bnly a few of the channels in which savings could and should be made, and it is fully time that economies were being speeded up.—l am, etC " REFORM. January 21. 1
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Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 104, 27 January 1931, Page 7
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179Education Economies Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 104, 27 January 1931, Page 7
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