“PETTY ECONOMIES”
TEACHERS CRITICISE DEPARTMENT •‘The Government’s policy of economy in education is bringing about results that are causing the institute grave concern,” says the annual report of the Auckland branch of the New Zealand Educational Institute.
“Petty economies that amount to pin-pricking are rife, which, if persisted in, will cause suflicient dissatisfaction among teachers to affect the efficiency of the education system. We are hoping that the nation will see that such economies are false economies and that public opinion will cause the cessation of so disastrous a policy. "Classes are still too large, buildings are inadequate, committee grants are too small, grants to boards for upkeep are insufficient and subsidy grants are too limited. The rigid interpretation of regulations regarding the travelling allowance of training college students, and married teachers’ allowances are also examples of the petty economies that do more harm than good.”
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 143, 7 September 1927, Page 4
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