WORK AS TEACHERS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18551, 10 November 1934, Page 15

WORK AS TEACHERS

MARRIED WOMEN'S POSITION DISCUSSION BY BOARD The question of married women retaining positions, or applying for reininstatement, as teachers was discussed at a meeting of the Auckland. Education Board, 'Mr iW. I. 80-wyer expressed the opinion that with the large number, of teachers at present, without permanent employment the position was unfair to the younger teachers who had gone to expense to fit themselves Tor their profession. “We will have many such applications in those times of depression,” said Mr Bowyer. The chairman, Mr T. U. Wells, said every member of the board had had painful interviews in connection with similar applications. “1 have an uneasy feeding that; some married -women teachers of good means are still getting positions, although the matter is art extremely difficult one to deal with,” remarked Mr R. Hoe, after another member had stated that a married woman teacher hade made a trip to Melbourne with her husband.

Mr Wells expressed the opinion that in many cases originally judged by external appeartanW, a different position was shown on examination ot statutory declarations by husband ami wife, which often revealed heavy burdens of liabilities.