TEACHERS' SALARIES.

New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4305, 14 March 1901, Page 5

TEACHERS' SALARIES.

I s,.- jA - ■ '-v; orb 1 e t ■ m;-; „, yv .-meeting' of the Wellington? Education Bpapd.is to. be hext itaj coins! dec the Iroin the Minister of-Education in relatiomto! th’e-sklarids pf - tea!chers,'knd ;to , discuss the, schedule prepared by the chairman and secretary for the approval! or otherwise of-; the_ ( Boardi.' Alterthis matter has been disposed of, the Board will hold an ordinary meeting. "'lt is evident, writes “Rob Roy,” that . Mr* Hogben’s “perfect scheme,” •certified; to 'By the senior inspector of- the Wei Jiijgton Education Board/ has not ■ been approved by the Premier, when reviewed in^Gabinet.-tHt'ds a gfeatfihisfbtemids that Mr Seddon cannot go away, for ;i few weeks’ holiday but he finds things all .sixes and sevens on his return. Oh! there were high old times down stairs when the “boss” 1 was away! Education Boards to he abolished, the Department made a big spending branch, and school inspectors to become ci,vil.servants,, their. . jreirvico under the Boards to epunt. towards the pension—%E&t is - what it means. It is rbecomingr clear now that the codification of-teachers-is not such • an I easy matter as the classification of, say, earthquakes. The recent action of the Department, is.a, game to.arouse the hostility of teachers towards the Boards, and it has signally failed. The Canterbury teachers, meeting,ln.- , conference, . have .said they, prefer tbe demon they kntfw to the theological entity, they know • not of. The whole trophic has arisen from the tentative, jtuumer in which' the' scheme lias Bfeen 'presented. Thfe late Mr Habens’s scheme was a group of general principles, -working like the rule of, three, One .learns. from -the-, yeheral disjussibh ’that one‘ main, pro- j jsisal is that,-positions, .-not, persons,.arc. considered. As an axiom "Ibis leaves'hb,tiling to. .bp .desired";, but, if. recent .appointments , In .connection' with the Department ittelf’is' 'a derr.oifetratipn of Ihfe principle, they fcear'aa' unconimoiii resemblance to plain old-fasludheii'’pat-ifinage. Jt:is"perhapsJas well * the Premiter has taken' hold of this matter; Jus action .will, be that * of a-j strong. man. Either .Boiwdsi will ,be.--wiped out:of teacisilence or permitted _to pursue^their work "fn pcatfoV* The " strength of the Department lately has been the-strength , of | the nios!.'-nitd and sandfly.

i PBXSa ASSOCIATION. ! NEW PLYMOHTH//Mcrcb 13. The Finance Committee of the Taranaki "after •eonfefriog with representatives of the teachers, and cdixsidering; the inspector's commentjS, on the increased grants “Co teachers,' as proposed, by .the department, presented''a, report", which . was;'considered by the Board to-day." The committee found that the " Government scale 'was on thd same basis as the_ Board’s. There, were one cr Wo anomalies of little import. They, regretted not being furnished with : details of thd scheme by the ■ department, but recognised the scheme was a colonial one, classification being based cm attendance, coupled with the teachers; qualifications and marks for skill, greater importance being attached to -the latter and to * smaller schools. The committee did not concur in the proposed, conference of Boards until a permanent colonial scheme is- submitted. It considered; . the action of the department to be in the right direction-. . The report was unanimously approved by the Board, several members Expressing pleasure in assisting ,th® department to bring about a uniform scale. A full report of the proceedings will be sent to other Education Boards.. TIMABU. March 13, . The-Board-of Education has resolved to submit to the department a proposal for allocation of the special grant for teachers’ Salaries on a uniform percent, age on their last quarter’s salami. The increase will be about 12 J- per coat.