Education : journal of the N.S.W. Public School Teachers Federation

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Nef 331.8809944 EDU
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Sydney : The Federation, 1919-2021
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Vol. 39 No. 3 (19 Mar 1958)
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Education PAST PRESENT FUTURE Journal of the N.S.W. Teachers’ Federation 1
CHILDREN'S WELCOME TO THE QUEEN MOTHER 1
MANY SUITABLE APPLICANTS FOR TRAINING MISS OUT WHILE SCHOOLS ARE UNDERSTAFFED 1
ALARMING SHORTAGE OF TEACHERS, YET MANY SUITABLE APPLICANTS NOT YET ADVISED 1 , 2
Australia’s Position in “Coming Asian Era”: Conference Proposed 2
£250,000 Loan For Teachers’ Homes: New Society Formed 2
MR. J. R. WILLIAMS ELECTED FEDERATION ORGANISER 2
SCHOOL FURNITURE: CATALOGUE TO BE PREPARED 2
UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY STAFF AWARD 2
Migration Rise In Population 50 p.c.: Effect on Schools 2
ORGANISATIONS WITH WHICH THE FEDERATION WILL AFFILIATE IN 1958 2
English Teachers Seek Cessation of Nuclear Weapons Tests 2
Teachers’ Federation Health Society 2
Enormous Increase In National Wealth and Production Yet Schools Still Plead For National Assistance A.T.F. PRESIDENT'S ANNUAL CONFERENCE ADDRESS 3
COMMONWEALTH “AGREED” TO MAKE £5m. AVAILABLE: REST IS UP TO STATES 3
MINISTERS AND DIRECTORS-GENERAL WOULD DISCUSS FEDERAL AID 3
Appointments Out Of Seniority: Appeals To Director-General and Board 3
Education JOURNAL OF THE N.S.W. TEACHERS’ FEDERATION 4
LOSS OF SORELY NEEDED RECRUITS 4
Breach Of Faith With Youth In That Education Generally Will Suffer 4
EXPERIMENT IN TELEVISION: U.S. TEACHERS' VIEWS 4
Seminars and Such 4
Obituary 4
World Health Day On April 7 – and What W.H.O. Means to the World 5
Shaw's Alphabet and the Scots' Apostrophe Reform 5
Some Educationists Wanted To Abolish Examinations 5
Country Teacher Laid the Plans of Russia’s Space-flight Program 5
CARTOON COMMENT 5
MACLEAY AND A FAMOUS SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION 5
Equal Pay Deputations to M.L.As on March 26 6
"LABOUR WILL KEEP EQUAL PAY PROMISE": N.Z. REPORT 6
“TREMENDOUS JOB DONE” Minister on School Building Operations 6
HOW NON-ENGLISHSPEAKING MIGRANT CHILDREN FARE IN SCHOOLS 6
TEACHERS’ CLUB 6
ADDITIONAL SECONDARY TEACHERS WHO ENTERED SERVICE IN 1958 6
A NOTE OF APPRECIATION FROM THE DEPARTMENT’S HEAD OFFICE STAFF 6
Lasting Peace or Catastrophe: Scientists’ Grim Warning 7
Opinion 7
Executive Election 7
MESSAGES OF APPRECIATION FROM NEWLY-APPOINTED INSPECTORS OF SCHOOLS 7
Plastic Inkwells 7
Advertising 7
NEW SOUTH WALES TEACHERS' FEDERATION 8
THE MODERN LANGUAGE TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION OF N.S.W. 8
WOMEN ASSISTANTS' ASSOCIATION COUNCIL 8
Advertising 8

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Education  

PAST PRESENT FUTURE  

Journal of the N.S.W. Teachers’ Federation  

Reciatered at th« General Port Office, Sydney, for transmission by poet as newspaper.  

Vol. 39. No. 3.  

MARCH 19, 1958  

Price: 3d.  

CHILDREN'S WELCOME TO THE QUEEN MOTHER  

Scene at the Sydney Cricket Ground. As the picture shews, the children were so  

arranged that the Land Rover in which the Queen Mother travelled was able to  

pass round the ground several times in widening circles.  

Girls from Eastern Suburbs schools wave rosettes and cameras as the Queen  

passes by  

The Land Rover enters the Cricket Ground. The Queen Mother was also welcomed  

by children at the Show ground and Centennial Park.  

One of the specially selected child-  

ren gives message of welcome.  

Red, white and blue hat and stereo  

camera to greet the Queen Mother.  

(Photographs: Education Dept. Public Relations)  

More than 100,000 children attended the children’s welcome to the  

Queen Mother on February 25. About 75,000 were brought to the city by  

special trains, the Railways Department having all its roiling stock in use  

that day. Also 258 trams and 372 buses were used, the buses each making  

two trips to the particular ground. At the Cricket and Show Grounds  

bands entertained the children, who waited in the pavilions until the time  

came for them to line the barriers to see the Queen.  

Unfortunately, carefully planned organisation on the part of the  

Education, Railways, Government Transport and Police Departments was  

marred by rail mishap which prevented some of the children arriving  

at their destination in time.  

MANY SUITABLE  

APPLICANTS FOR TRAINING  

MISS OUT WHILE SCHOOLS  

ARE UNDERSTAFFED  

Many telegrams, letters and telephone calls from  

parents and teachers towards the end of last month seeking  

information aboutapplications submitted but not deter-  

mined drew Federation attention to serious delays in the  

awarding of teachers' college scholarships which were  

causing difficulty and in some cases extreme disappoint-  

ment to applicants.  

Typical among the cases reported  

was that of girl with two A’s and  

three B’s in the Leaving Certificate;  

she had been interviewed and had  

passed the medical test on December  

6. She was informed last month that  

she would be considered in Septem-  

ber if she so desired.  

Another applicant (four B’s) had  

travelled long distances to high school  

each day, leaving home at a.m. and  

returning at 6.30 p.m.  

third girl had travelled 37 miles  

day to high school to qualify.  

There were two cases from Kemp-  

sey, six from Parkes, three from  

Dubbo, four from Cessnock, four  

from Griffith. Complaints also came  

from Newcastle, Walcha and Macks-  

ville, and from parents of city stud-  

ents.  

It is reasonable to assume that  

there were many other cases which  

had not been reported to the  

Federation.  

ALARMING SHORTAGE OF TEACHERS, YET MANY  

SUITABLE APPLICANTS NOT YET ADVISED  

The President brought the matter to pub-  

lic notice in press statement on February  

27.  

Mr. Taylor said that although the Leaving  

Certificate results had been announced on  

January 10 large number of suitable and  

qualified applicants, many of them matricu-  

lants, had not yet been advised whether or  

not they would be accepted for training.  

In the meantime, most of the colleges had  

opened and the others would open within  

few days.  

“Imagine the concern of the students and  

of their parents, many of whom have made  

major sacrifices in order to finance the ad-  

ditional years of study,” Mr. Taylor said. “To  

date efforts made by parents and students to  

get any clarification of the position have  

proved fruitless.”  

Mr. Taylor said there was an alarming  

shortage of teachers; every available retired  

teacher had been re-employed; at some  

schools five-year-old children had been ex-  

cluded, and there were many classes of 50 or  

more pupils.  

Minister's Reply  

The Minister replied in the Press that as  

part of the Department’s plans for obtaining  

an adequate number of teachers for future  

years record number of scholarships had  

been offered for 1958. The target number of  

1,880 new scholarships had been reached,  

and indeed was likely to be slightly exceeded.  

As result there would be record number  

of over 4,300 students in training this year.  

Mr. Heffron continued: “Scholarships have  

been awarded as quickly as possible after the  

Leaving Certificate results were available.  

But applicants and their parents must realise  

what an immense and complex task this is.  

Places in six different colleges, three of them  

residential, and in great variety of courses  

—including university and specialist courses  

—have to be awarded and acceptances re-  

ceived before clear picture of the vacancies  

available because of non-acceptance can be  

obtained and the next batch of awards  

offered.”  

Albion Street Annexe  

Mr. Heffron also announced that it was  

proposed to use the old Sydney Technical  

High School building at Albion Street as an  

annexe to the Sydney Teachers’ College, and  

this would be ready in September.  

To this the President replied that the fact  

that the annexe would not enrol students un-  

til later in the year meant that students  

would probably be lost to other callings,  

since most students had already waited at  

least two months for admission to college.  

“What has become of the Minister’s pro-  

mise of March last year that the Govern-  

ment would shortly build another two teach-  

ers’ colleges, one at Wollongong and the  

other on the North Shore, probably at Chats-  

wood?” Mr. Taylor asked.  

Such new colleges were the only solution  

to the problem, he added.  

Plight’ of Secondary Schools  

Concerning secondary staffing require-  

ments Mr. Taylor said that although enroi-  

ments had increased by 10,000 this year, re-  

quiring approximately 500 additional teach-  

ers, only 120 graduates, in addition to some  

50 diplomates in specialised subjects, entered  

the Service. When staff wastage was taken  

into consideration the increase was negligible.  

It was apparent that the authorities intend-  

ed to rely on the practice of transferring pri-  

mary teachers for the staffing of high schools.  

This would lead to worsening of primary  

staffing and basic education standards.  

“The situation calls for prompt action by  

the Minister. An announcement should be  

made immediately that all suitable and  

qualified applicants will be given scholar-  

ships,” Mr. Taylor said.  

Council Deplores "Delay  

and Uncertainty"  

The matter was considered by the Council  

of March when it was unanimously re-  

solved:  

“This Federation deplores the fact that  

students who have satisfied all requirements  

for enrolment as teacher trainees should be  

subject to delay and uncertainty, and even  

have their claims rejected, at time when  

there is an unprecedented shortage of teach-  

ers at every level.  

“That qualified students, after waiting  

two months, should be told that their claims  

will be considered in September is unreason-  

able and unjust. Such treatment will dis-  

courage potential teachers of the future from  

undertaking the necessary preparation for  

training; and further it places school prin-  

cipals who, at the request of the Department,  

advised pupils to become teachers, in an in-  

vidious position and could detract from  

their status in the community.  

“The Federation therefore demands that  

all suitable and qualified students be en-  

rolled immediately, and that additional ac-  

commodation be provided without delay.  

“The Federation regards the Minister’s  

explanation as wholly unsatisfactory; it does  

not explain away the inordinate delay and  

bungling that has taken place in connection  

with the enrolment of teacher trainees, and  

will provide meagre consolation for the wait-  

ing students and their parents who have  

been involved in considerable expenditure in  

financing the students’ preparation for  

teacher training. Nor will the explanation  

make any contribution towards meeting the  

urgent staffing needs of the schools through-  

out the State.”  

New Buildings Needed  

It was also resolved:  

• That the Federation ask the Minister  

to have buildings taken over to meet the  

needs of training the students not yet ab-  

sorbed in the existing teachers’ colleges; and  

That an immediate start be made on  

the prbposed teachers’ colleges at Chatswood  

and Wollongong.  

It was also decided to approach all  

M.L.A’s on the matter.  

(Continued next page, col. 1)  

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