INCREASE OF TEACHERS SALARIES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXIII, Issue 44, 28 February 1901, Page 2

INCREASE OF TEACHERS SALARIES.

PBR PRESS ASSOOIATIOK. Napibr, Fehruary 27. At a meeting of tha Educatioß Board, a letter from the Department declined to state the bisis oa whieh 3 the vote for increase of salaries wa* allocated. Mr. Weatall, an ex-teacher, siid apparently it was based on the acad.emioald'grafs h Id, as these with high degrees generally held the best appointments and their alroidy gnod salutie* worn largely increased* while underpaid teache-s in small schools got noxt to nothing, Tiio Chairman s\id he could not 'account for alt anomalies, as in oi\e school of 5!) pupils the raas'er had his salary increased to a bigho' figure than ono with 69 pupils, th.iugh both held identical qualifications. Tha Board gave up the puzzles, but deoideJ te protest.

i Wellington, February 27. The schedule of teachers 'sahries drawn up by the Education Department was again discusaad by the Wellington Education Board to-day. It was decided to request the Department to call a conference of Education Beards for the purpose of considering the Departmental proposals.

Mr. Robert Lee, Chief Inspector, stated that the Department did not intend to divulge its scheme for a colonial scale of salaries uniil a conference had bee& held. Mr. Hogbon had told him eaough to convince him that the scheme was likely to prove a satisfactory one. It would niean an increase of eight per cent, for each tsachor in the colony. Members ef

the Board doubted the correctness of Mr. Lee's information and ospeei ally the statement that pupil teachers «ere to bn particularly o inside-ed. Mr. Lee said the scale was on the batds of I the number of pupils in attendance, but lit also recognised grades of teaching. Members of the Board pro'ested againsany itifrini>emont of the Boanl s functions by statute.