TEACHERS’ APPOINTMENTS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CVI, Issue 12572, 6 August 1901, Page 6

TEACHERS’ APPOINTMENTS.

... - TO THE EDITOR. ■Sir, lam ;glad to see some one writing on the system of canvassing the comaubtees .for. school appointments. 06mmittees : and teachers birth acknowledge its injiuimis influence, and would be glad to ■ie-.it -remedied. Country teachers have HO' chance whether for appointments in or p C) .r the towns. Though the Board) may aendtheir names at the top of the list of applicants, - they are always pub aside for one ' on the spot, who has canvassed, and brought relatives and friends to use their influence for him. Certificates and qualiBoations are no' use whatever, where local influence •is at work. The. moral and physical effect on young teachers is most pernicious. There are seven or nine committeemen to be interviewed, in offices, shops, factories, farms and private bouses, iod I have on several occasions seen a prong girl return utterly exhausted, and O one case a severe illness followed eight lours. tramp in snow and) rain. As there ire six applicants only one of whom can receive- the prize, tie waste of time and mergy, not to speak of self respect, is appalling. The Bill now before Parliament ignores this evil. If all interested in !, it. would petition for some remedy, appointments might be more just, and leathers spared much worry and expense. <—l am, etc., EX TEACHER.