TEACHERS' FINES
REPEAL OF CLAUSE WANTED
A protest against tho clause in the Education Act relating to the imposition of fines on teachers was made at tho conference of the New Zealand Educational Institute today. Mr. A. J. Shepherd (Auckland) protested against teachers being treated as "downright criminals," and said that if they offended they were punished through the lowering of their prestige. Teachers were more in tho public eye than probably any other section of the community, and if they offended they did not want to be humiliated. The provision to impose fines was unnecessary, and was derogatory to the service. Miss J. G. Park (Wellington) pointed to the difference between teachers and others in the Civil Service, remarking (hat other civil servams were fined by their departments, while teachers were to.bo fined by lay-people—the boards. There was a ..further distinction, too, in that teachers could be de-graded. A remit empowering the executive to press for tho repeal of the clause was adopted.
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Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 109, 11 May 1933, Page 12
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164TEACHERS' FINES Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 109, 11 May 1933, Page 12
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