SPECIAL POSITIONS

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIV, Issue 80, 16 March 1934, Page 12

SPECIAL POSITIONS

Appointment of Teacher* (By Telegraph - Press Association.) , WELLINGTON, March 16 The legislation authorising the selection of teachers for a special position and defining the exact nature of these appointments was referred to by the Minister of Education when asked to comment on a Christchurch report that teachers were dissatisfied over the increasing number of special appointments. The Hon. R. Masters said that since 1920 education boards had regarded certain appointments as special positions and had advertised them accordingly and had appointed the most suitable applicant without necessarily adhering to the graded list. That proviso wa s operated upon by boards and senior inspectors for a number of years until about 1930 or 1931, when the Crown Law Officer gave an opinion that it was defective and did not give the board tho freedom that it was intended to give As a result it was amended by Education Amendment Act 1932-33. For many years it had been considered desirable to advertise certain positions as special positions and the boards were acting within the regulations in advertising as special positions vacancies for infant mistresses or teachers on the staff of an intermediate school or department. Whether or not tho number of special appointments in any one year under any board was large or small depended to a great extent upon the number of positions which may be regarded as special that had become vacant during that year.