MEANS OF ECONOMISIG

Taranaki Daily News, 20 January 1933, Page 3

MEANS OF ECONOMISIG

THE TRAINING OF TEACHERS.

CONDITIONS TO OPERATE.

Proposals for the operation of the teachers’ training colleges at Auckland i and Christchurch during the approaching school year are contained ip com- | munications from the Education Department. As a result of the need for economy the Government recently- 'decided to close the colleges, in Wellington and Dunedin, and to observe,certain restrictions as to the students to receive training. ’■ ■ ■. . "■■.-■< ■- ■■-' -■ It was stated that division A students who la?t year attended the four training centres would, in 1933, be,.'allocated to Auckland and Christchurch under a general arrangement. The training colleges in Auckland arid Christchurch would receive the students : from the North and South Islands respectively, with the exception of a number fromWellington, who would go to Christchurch. Auckland would have approximately 180 division A students. The addition of third-year and division C students would bring the number to about 200. There would be retained all the present first-year students who elected to continue their training, and there would be received as new entrants' division C students, the number of whom at present could not be determined, and students who had been attending the’ Wellington College whose homes were north of the latitude of Otaki. All the students would receive a nonrepayable allowance of £2O yearly, and those who had to live away from their homes might, on application, be granted a loan of £4O, repayable under bond by

instalments when the . student was employed as an adult teacher, whether temporarily or permanently. One return fare between the college and the home would be paid each year. In view of the changed conditions regarding allowances, the Training-College bond was being abandoned so far as the year’s student? were concerned. The bond would hold good in the case of students trained under the old conditions. The abandonment was not intended to relate to bonds which were undischarged, with the exception of students who were last year in their first year of training. It was expected that all students at present under an obligation of service would, to the extent that present conditions permitted, honour the undertaking given in consideration of their training. As the altered allowances might have resulted'in some first-year students’ deciding to discontinue their training, it appeared advisable to explain that any students not completing their course could not receive a teacher’s certificate, arid it would be practically impossible for them to secure employment All qualified students completing their course satisfactorily in divisions A and C would receive their certificates provided they were sufficiently well recommended.