WOMEN TEACHERS
LARGE NUMBER OF MARRIAGES By Telegraph—Press Association DUNEDIN, October 29 The foundation stone of the new Training College was laid this morning by the Minister of Education (the Hon. P. Fraser). The Minister said that the problem of an adequate supply of teachers was somewhat complicated by the recent economic improvement. In 1936 a calculation was made as to the number of teachers needed to meet the thought that by 1936-37 they would influx of five-year-olds, and it was have no diAcuity whatever, but these calculations were upset by the number of marriages of women teachers. Such marriages were not possible during the depression. In the first six months of this year, for example, the marriage rate among women teachers showed 100 per cent increase on the first six months of last year. They were delighted to know this, even if it did create a problem. It followed that this year the number of students had to be considerably increased. There were 360 in Dunedin and about 1600 in the four colleges and even more would be required.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLV, Issue 21181, 31 October 1938, Page 8
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