OVERCROWDED CLASSES
THE REMEDY. FaoM Otjh Parliamentary Repokteb. \YELLINGTOY, July 1. The attention of the Minister of Education was called by Mr Nash yesterday to hardships imposed on primary school teachers through overcrowded claves. The hon. member quoted figures showing that in one -unspecified education district 71 classes held between 60 and 70 pupils, 14 had between 90 and 100, and seven held 100 to 120 pupils, which, he thought, quite unreasonable. “No question has given me greater anxiety,” replied the Hon. Mr Parr, who said the obvious remedy was more teachers. The Education Department was making a strenuous endeavor to secure double the average number of entrants to the teaching profession in the new year, and was appealing to the training colleges and secondary schools for more men to come forward as probationer Thus it was hoped to secure a reduction of overcrowded classes in the larger schools. Mr Nash t Will you pay an adequate salary to encourage them to enter, the profession ? The Minister replied that it was not the entrant to the profession who was inadequately paid; the trouble was afterwards. There was no attraction to go on, but Cabinet was considering the question.
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Evening Star, Issue 17393, 1 July 1920, Page 8
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198OVERCROWDED CLASSES Evening Star, Issue 17393, 1 July 1920, Page 8
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