SECONDARY SCHOOLS’ ASSISTANTS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXI, Issue 18784, 18 May 1923, Page 7

SECONDARY SCHOOLS’ ASSISTANTS

ANNUAL CONFERENCE. [Per Press Association.] WELLINGTON, May 16. At the annual conference of delegates of the Secondary School Assistants’ Association, the following remits were among those carried: That lack ot honours in the M.A. degree should not prejudice a teacher’s chance of being graded A. in cases where he took the degree before the inception of the grading scheme (Nelson). That the double degree B.A. B.Sc., he sufficient acamedic qualification for grade A. teachers (Wellington!. That a teacher holding a position below his or her grade should receive the highest salary of that lower grade. (Christchurch and Wellington).

That full-time teachers of nonscholastic subjects, such as physical culture and art, be graded separately

from teachers of scholastic subjects. (Epsom). That in view (1) of the low salaries offered in New Zealand second ary schools, as compared with those offered in England and in other British dominions; (2) of the exacting conditions of secondary school work; (3) of the necessity of giving secondary services professional status; (4) of the returning prosperity of the Dominion—for all these reasons tho Government be urged to restore the salary scale which was in existence before the first salary cut. (Executive). That the association again strongly affirm the principle of accrediting in leu of matriculation examination. (Wellington). That the Senate of the New Zealand University be asked to amend the statute with regard to entrance scholarships; that the Education Department and Senate ot the University be requested, with a view to bringing English into line with other subjects, to recommend that examiners in English separate to a greater extent than is done at present the marks awarded to best and worst candidates in subjects. (Mt. Albert). That the syllabus of work in Latin and French for the matriculation examination be made more definite. (Nelson). That the University Senate be asked to take steps to secure greater uniformity in the standard of papers in various subjects for matriculation and junior scholarship examinations, and also to secure closer adherence to the prescription ot work in these subjects as set out in the University Calendar. (New Plymouth). That in view ot the act that many of the candidates for military examinations for first appointment to commissions and for promotion are secondary school teachers, the Defence Department be requested to hold these examinations at more convenient times, viz., the last week in January, and the last week in Aug ust. (New Plymouth).