LEAVE WITH PAY

Grey River Argus, 15 August 1934, Page 8

LEAVE WITH PAY

NOT ALLOWABLE. FOR TEACHER TO GO WITH SPORTS TEAM. (Per Proas Association.) WELLINGTON, August 1' Mr Masters, referring to day to the statement he declined to grant •< , uve of absence on pay to enable a master to accompany the team of college athletes to Melbourne, said report made it appear that ho win no 1 ke**:i on tne visit UHdr-g place As a matter of fact, the difficulty vns t'U'i p was no power under th 0 existing regulations to grant leave on pay in a case of this kind. There was- provi« «u» for leave on account of sickness, accident, or attending a university "cnat<-. Teachers’ Superannuation Board, Teachers’ Grading Appeal ex amination for a. teachers’ certificate, op university degree, conferences call ed by th 0 Education Department, also a clause which stated a i'>o'i'd might with the approval of the M> rst? r. grant leave to any for the purpose of visiting schools or oiln-r educational institutions in V.’« Zea land or e lsewhere. In his •■pi -nni. however, bein£ in charge of :* | , ir; y of athletes at the Melbourne celebrations could not be regarded as coming within the scope cr intention o’ this clause. The Secondary Schoos* Association had suggested to him ta ’ if a manager were placed under the obligation to investigate some aspect of secondary education in Victoria, t i»spirit of the regulations could be fu' filled, but this did not appeal to him. and he was sorry it was advanced Moreover, there was no investigation the Department required to be ma ’e concerning education in Victoria. He regretted the arrangements + .he Association had in hand for sending a c -- tain teacher f-hould have broken dowa, owing to there being no authority to grant leave on pay, but he had no doubt about a representatives being forthcoming as the result of a cucular h c understood the Association was sending to members inviting applications for the position.