TEACHERS OF PRIMARY SCHOOLS

Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12856, 12 December 1912, Page 4

TEACHERS OF PRIMARY SCHOOLS

INCREASE OF THE RIGHT SORT,

SHUNTING THE ''AMBITIONLESS" ONJDS."

GROWING INTEREST IN THE PROFESSION.

,TJl e last annual report of the Educati6n Department calls attention to the tact that the number of certificated; teachers employed in our primary Sini°° increased (by 120 during the year 1911; ttba number hWdflng ■ "jplarftaM' ,qualification increased by 41; while the number haying no recognised examination status decreased by 25. One of the reasons set down in the report is that Education Boards have of late shown an increasing desire to dispose of the services of teachers who have made no attempt to improve their status It is furthermore asserted that, thanks to the improvement made in recent years in staffs and salaries, the growing tendency among teachers, evidenced in other countries, t 0 leave the ranks of the teaching profession for some more remunerative sphere of employment is not nearly so marked in this Dominion.