CO129-574-1 Salaries and promotion prospects of women graduate teachers 5-8-1938 - 27-9-1938 — Page 37

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The reason given for any alteration in the salary

scales was the Secretary of State for the Colonies'

wish that Hong Kong salaries should conform to those of

West Africa. ( see despatch from Bolonial Office to

Governor of Hong Kong, 12th. March 1936. ) As salaries

for women teachers in West Africa have always been much

higher than those in Hong Kong, it is difficult to

reconcile this with a large decrease in the salaries of

women teachers in Hong Kong.

The attached tables of salaries will show at a glance

the relative salaries paid to men and women in London on

the Burnham Scale, in Hong Kong on the old scale, on the scale adopted last year(1937), and on the scale now

proposed.

Also the Headmistress of the Girls' Secondary

School is paid less than the proportion laid down in the Burnham Scale For a headmistress as compared with a

headmaster.

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