difference whatever in salary rates:
moreover the graduate would appear to have'
no prospect in the future of gaining the Headship of three of the Government
Schools where girls are taught, as these are Kindergarten schools.
(Your Excellency)
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If it be considered that this matter should more properly have been
referred to the Salaries Commission of 1929, we would humbly say that the women
teachers in the Department considered the feasibility of this, but decided that
in order to put their suggestions as forcibly as possible before the Commissioners,
it was better to come to some unanimous agreement concerning general rates of
salary, and not to press the claims of one section. The matter was however
brought to the notice of the Commission by the delegation which was invited to
state the case of the omen teachers.
In the Burnham Committee's Awards of Salaries in England as laid down in
the Report of 1927, a clear distinction is made between the rates of remuneration
for Graduates and non-graduates, and for Secondary, Elementary, and Technical
School Teachers. We humbly beg to put forward for your consideration the Standard
Scales of Salaries for the various grades of Assistant Mistresses as specified in
these Reports; it is noticeable throughout that the graduate and trained graduate
receive preferential rates of salary for their services. The majority of the
women Graduate teachers in the service of the Hong Kong Government have had these
preferential rates of salary hile they held posts in English schools prior to
their appointment to Hong Kong, but find that the qualifications stipulated as
essential for appointment to this Colony cease to be of financial value once the
selected candidates arrive in Hong Kong.
Extracts from the Burnham Awards.
A. Salaries in Secondary Schools.
All
this
is
Graduates
Initial salary.
Increment.
Maximum Salary
England & Wales £216
£12
£384
London Area
£264
£12
£420
(1) For one year's training in addition to degree
-
one increment added to
initial salary.
(2) An allowance over and above this scale of salary may be given for high
academic attainments.