TEACHERS’ FINES
REPEAL OF CLAUSE WANTED. WELLINGTON, May 11. A protest against the clause in the Education Act relating to the imposition of fines on teachers was made at, the conference of the New Zealand Educational Institute to-day. Mr. A. J. Shepherd (Auckland) protested against teachers being treated as “downright criminals,” and said that if they offended they were punished through the lowering of their prestige. Teachers were more in the public eye than probably any other section of the community, and if they offended they did not want to be humiliated. The provision to impose fines was unnecessary, and was derogatory to the service Miss J. G. Park (Wellington) pointed to the difference between teachers and others in the Civil Service, remarking that other civil servants were fined by their departments, while teachers were to be fined by lay people—the boards. There was a. further distinction, too, in that teachers could be de de-graded. A remit empowering the executive to press for the repeal of the clause was adopted.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 76, Issue 110, 12 May 1933, Page 6
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170TEACHERS’ FINES Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 76, Issue 110, 12 May 1933, Page 6
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