TEACHERS' SALARIES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23161, 6 October 1938, Page 20

TEACHERS' SALARIES

■ ftp : SSI IHF 1111 SMALL COUNTRY SCHOOLS MAIWIED CTCbSts' POSITION . The effete of the new scale of wages for teachers at Grade O of which there are seven under the board's control, was explained at yesterday's meeting!, of the Auckland Education Board. Teachers at such schools, at .which the roll number is less than nine, previously* were .paid only £ls a year, and the parents of the pupils were required to provide the teacher with free board, or to contribute toward , the cost of his board. > The new scale of salaries provides that teachers It such schools will receive £l3O a year, as from October 1. In view of the Tiardship imposed upon the .parents under the old : regulations,. it was decided that, with the increased; salaries, the teacher should be / able to provide his own board and' the parents ' will no longer have to provide it.

A memorandum from the Education Department with reference to the increased allowance to married male students of the training colleges also came before tho board. It was' explained tljat • the increase; was for the benefit of students who had entered .pollege later in life than the normal •ago and who had married before ad;mission to college. v ; / • k'"& It /that from correspondence received by the department it '■wouldseeiVi that several young students -Tej&rded' the as giving them" the right to the payment of a special rate if they married during the period of their studentship. This interpretation of the clause was incorrect.