CO129-596-2 Education Department- annual report 1947-8- comments by Advisory sub-committee on Education in the Colonies 28-6-1949 - 1-2-1950 — Page 14

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3.

A reply has now been received from the Governor

enclosing a memorandum by the Director of Education

(Annex A) which he has summarized as follows:

"(a) that certificated teachers in subsidised schools should

receive the same salary as teachers in Government and Grant-aided schools. At present they receive approximately two-thirds of that salary;

(b) that subsidised school teachers should receive incremental

credit for past experience on their new scale. At present

it appears that they almost invariably start at the minimum of the new scale because this is greater than their previous salaries;

(c) that there should be two different scales for urban and

rural teachers;

(a) that a special training centre should be instituted for lower primary teachers either in Northcote Training College or in a separate centre;

(e) that some form of contributory superannuation should be

devised for subsidised school teachers.

The Governor goes on to observe that "in view, however, of increasing

commitments on defence and security, the precise extent of which is

not yet known, it is impossible to say to what extent the financial

position will allow the implementation of any of the Director's

recommendations in the near future."

4.50

With regard to the number of teachers in training the Governor

has given the following explanation:

Copy 'A' on (5)_7

Encl. to (6)

Colonial Office, 15, Victoria Street, S.W.1.

25th January, 1950.