MARRIED TEACHERS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19894, 23 March 1939, Page 5

MARRIED TEACHERS

APPOINTMENT OF WOMEN

HOARDS SEEK DISCRETION

(Pur Press Association.) WELLINGTON, last night.

The Wellington Education Board to-day decided to join with the other boards in asking the Government to restore the discretionary powers to boards when making appointments to positions for which married women have applied. It is claimed that married women, who do not need employment for economic reasons, might prevent students from securing positions and no hardship was likely to arise from boards having discretionary powers. The chairman mentioned that the board was employing 83 married women and had 100 young teachers on the relieving list. COMMITTEE COMPLAINTS BOARD VIEW ENDORSED AUCKLAND OPINIONS (For Press Association.) AUCKLAND, this day. “I hope that members will note the number of complaints from school committees about the appointment of married women teachers,” said Mr. W. G. Campbell, chairman of the Auckland Education Board, following at a meeting of the board yesterday the consideration of the appointments of teachers. The order paper contained four letters from committees agreeing with the views of the boards and opposing the engagement of married women teachers. Mr. S. B. Sims considered that a resume of the letters should be sent to the Department of Education.

“We have more than 130 ex-training college students awaiting permanent positions,” said Mr. W. H. Fortune.

“Where are we going to get positions for them? Is there going to be a restriction on the number of admissions to the training college?” Mention was made of young women who had been appointed at the end of last year and had married during the holidays before beginning their new duties in February this year. The secretary. Mr. D. V/. Dunlop, said that a letter had come from a woman teacher stating that she was going to be married and asking for Monday off. as she wanted the day to settle in her home. The board decided to inform the Minister of Education, the lion. P. Fraser, of the number of protests against the appointment of married women teachers which the board was receiving. TOWN POSTS PREFERRED S ENIOR ASSISTANTS (Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, this day. Comment on the lack of interest in tile positions of senior women assistants in country schools was made at a meeting of the Auckland Education Board. Several vacancies had been advertised and had attracted only teachers with low grading, while in one or two cases there had been no applicants at all. Mr. A. N. Macky asked whether the board could make the positions more attractive. The secretary, Mr. D. W. Dunlop, said the positions could scarcely be made more attractive. Women teachers, however, preferred posts in the towns, where they could get the maximum of £330 a year for an ordinary grade A position to places as senior women assistants in country schools, where the salary was £4O a year higher.