YOUNG TEACHERS' PLIGHT

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17176, 5 February 1930, Page 4

YOUNG TEACHERS' PLIGHT

SHORTAGE OF POSITIONS ■ Faced with the prospect of having to accept temporary relieving work or of being out of employment altogether many young teachers in the Auckland district who have completed their period of training will bo in an uneviable position during the coming year, according to officials of the Auckland Education Board. There is reason to believe that the present year l will be tlie wrost yet experienced with regard to the placing of these teachers. Tho task of alloting positions to those seeking work is now" proceeding, and as yet is is impossible to say exactly how many teachers will not be placed when the schools resume. It is certain that a considerable number will have to wait their turn to take relieving work. A lew of those who have completed their probationary period have succeeded in obtaining permanent positions. There are only a limited number of relieving positions available and it is= feared that thero will bo no work at all for some applicants. Women teachers will be the ones mainly affected by the shortage of positions. The service offers good opportunities to men willing to do their share of work in the country. Such positions, as at many sole-charge schools in the country are open to men teachers but.are not suitable for women. It is practically certain that positions, either permanent or temporary, will bo found fop all the young men offering.