TEACHERS ON LEAVE

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17425, 25 November 1930, Page 7

TEACHERS ON LEAVE

A HIGH PERCENTAGE DEPARTMENTAL RETURN (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, ibis day. Education boards have been supplied with a table of graphs and report by the Education Department sotting out particulars concerning general and sick leave, granted to touchers during the year ended May, 1950. Concern had been expressed by the Canterbury Education Board at the amount of leave extended.

The total number of teachers in all districts at the end of last year was 6438. It is shown that 28.4 per cent, of these were on sick leave during the year, while 6.3 per cent, were leave. The department points Out, in an explanatory note, that teachers on leave of absence in more than one month are counted .separately in each month that leave, occurred. ’ This means that a teacher who bad protracted leave might lie included several times in the computation, as only leave periods of one week or over are included. In view of this the department makes it clear that the percentages given are not to be taken as showing the percentage of teachers in any partieulai district that bail sick or special leave. The percentages, are to be used only as a basis-for showing the varying amounts of leave taken in the several districts. On this basis, Wellington, with 796 teachers, had the highest percentages on sick leave during the year, namely 35.4. Southland, with 376 teachers, came next with 32.4 per cent. Auckland, with 1940 teachers, had 30.9 per cent. Particulars for the other education boards districts are supplied as follows: Wanganui, 512 teachers. 27.1 per cent: Otago 630. 26.7: Taranaki 373. 26.5: Hawke’s Bav 484 . 25.2; Canterbury 1077, 27.9; Nelson 250. 16.8.