REDUCING SIZE OF CLASSES
AIM OF GOVERNMENT AND INSTITUTE fUnited Prepp Association! CHRISTCHURCH. 28th June. “Despite the fact that 800 new teachers are available from the four train- j ing colleges each year it will be from ! eight to ten years before the profes- ; sion in New Zealand reaches the 1 strength aimed at." said the president of the New Zealand Teachers’ Insti- j tute. Mr D. C. Pryor, to-day. Mr Pryor. ; who is at present on a tour of the South ' Island, emphasised that it was the aim j of both the Government and the In- j stitute to reduce the size of the classes in schools. The greatest step in this • direction had been the staffing of' schools on peak rolls instead of-on the I average roll as in the past. This had absorbed many additional teachers, but little more could be done until more j teachers were available. Mr Pryor pointed out that of 800 ' teachers coming from the training col- i leges each year half were required to l fill the places of those retiring from j the service.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 29 June 1939, Page 10
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