APPOINTMENT OF TEACHERS.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 14057, 15 November 1909, Page 3

APPOINTMENT OF TEACHERS.

MARLBOROUGH HOARD ULi V i\ JL>i£iiEJL». i J er l'ress Association. WELLINGTON, Nov. 33. A liis*." i/i «.i. umce ana mitivit lo u.Jucaiit>n .Boards aim puDnc soluml teacuers was ueciued o„> jiiuyc £.uwaitis iu tile bupieuie Couri, to-day, when ho delivered judgment iii case ui Cue :\eiv /vcaiaiiu Educational Institute v. the Marlbor,ouga x/uucatiuii j-»oara. llie Ueieiidaiic board ct recent jears has aaopteil a system of engaging teachers irom year to year and only 011 tliesc terms, and the action was brought by the institute- to ascertain whether such a system was 111 accordance witli statutory legislation. It was contended oil behalf of the .Board, that the matter was one of contract, and the engagement expired by effluxion of time, and was not dismissal as was suggested. The Court held that the system of the Board was a breach of the Edu- ; cation Act and beyond the power and | authority of the Board, on the grounds : that by this system tho provisions :is to appeal and consultation of the committee*. upon the termination of the teacher's engagement, and the superannuation scheme, wEcli provisions are statutory rights conferred upon teachers and commitees, are ignored, and rendered, if the system is effective, inapplicable to teachers employed by the defendant Board.