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Education
Fix this textJournal of The New South Wales Teachers' Federation
Fix this textRegistered at the G.P.O. Sydney for transmission by post as a periodical.
Fix this textVolume 46, Number 17.
Fix this textOCTOBER 6, 1965
Fix this textPrice: Threepence
Fix this textTHE STATE BUDGET
Fix this textNew Government Restrains
Fix this textEducation Spending
Fix this textThe State Budget, despite some popular concessions,
Fix this textfails to meet the real needs of public education in New
Fix this textSouth Wales. Despite increasing enrolments and rising costs,
Fix this textthe Budget provides only a meagre increase £3.6m. in
Fix this textthe education vote. As the Table 1 on this page shows, this
Fix this textis the smallest increase since 1957-58.
Fix this textIn view of the urgent needs
Fix this textof teacher training, of the
Fix this textheavy additional burdens be-
Fix this texting placed on the secondary
Fix this textschools, and of the need for a
Fix this textgreat expansion of technical
Fix this texteducation, this year’s budget
Fix this textmust be regarded as providing
Fix this textonly a minimal increase for
Fix this texteducation. Indeed the alloca-
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Fix this textresents a decrease compared
Fix this textwith the previous year, as
Fix this textshown in Table 2 below.
Fix this textThere can be little doubt
Fix this textthat the most serious deficiency
Fix this textin the education vote is the
Fix this textfailure to provide for a great-
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Fix this textteacher training.
Fix this textNo Expansion Of
Fix this textTeacher Training
Fix this textIt will be recalled that the
Fix this textMartin Committee emphasised
Fix this textthe urgent need for an in-
Fix this textcrease in the supply of teach-
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Fix this textThe report showed the need
Fix this textMr. R. ASKIN,
Fix this textPremier of N.S.W.
Fix this textfor an increase of 72% in the
Fix this textteaching force by 1975, also the
Fix this textpossibility of lengthening the
Fix this textperiod of training during the
Fix this textyears 1964-71 without great dis-
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Fix this textonly until 1972 and, after that,
Fix this textmay not occur again for a long
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Fix this textWe look in vain in the N.S.W.
Fix this textbudget papers for any indica-
Fix this texttion that Mr. Askin or Mr.
Fix this textCutler have heeded this warn-
Fix this texting. The budget provides for
Fix this textan increase of less than half a
Fix this textmillion £s. for teacher training,
Fix this textand most of this will be .de-
Fix this textvoted to a long overdue in-
Fix this textcrease in teacher trainee allow-
Fix this textances. The budget provides for
Fix this textan increase of 25 in the number
Fix this textof teachers’ college lecturers.
Fix this textThe Premier claimed in his
Fix this textbudget speech, that the num-
Fix this textber of teachers in training
Fix this textwould rise to a record of 8,700,
Fix this textbut he was careful to give no
Fix this textindication of the number of
Fix this textscholarships to be awarded in
Fix this textthe current year. Because the
Fix this textnumbers graduating from
Fix this textteachers’ colleges will be smaller
Fix this textthan the number entering, an
Fix this textincrease in overall numbers does
Fix this textnot necessarily mean any sig-
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Fix this textThe budget gives no hint
Fix this textwhatever that the government
Fix this textis considering the establishment
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Fix this textand until this is done, it will
Fix this textbe impossible to make any in-
Fix this textcrease in the number of teach-
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Fix this textthe period of teacher training.
Fix this textExpansion of the teacher
Fix this texttraining programme is the
Fix this textbasis for any long-range im-
Fix this textprovement in primary and sec-
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Fix this textMr. C. B. Cutler,
Fix this textMinister for Education
Fix this textand Science.
Fix this textBut the Budget is equally dis-
Fix this textcouraging in relation to short-
Fix this textterm improvements. Thus
Fix this textthere is a cut of £267,000 in
Fix this textthe funds allocated for the em-
Fix this textployment of casual teachers,
Fix this textwhile the allocation for clerks
Fix this textand science attendants in high
Fix this textschools suggests that there will
Fix this textbe little expansion of these
Fix this textforms of assistance to teachers.
Fix this textA graphical representation of the changes in the emphasis of the education vote in the
Fix this textN.S.W. budget. See Table I on this page.
Fix this textTABLE 1 SHOWING THE INCREASE IN EDUCATIONAL
Fix this textEXPENDITURE SINCE 1955-56
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Fix this text34.1m
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Fix this text35.7m
Fix this text28.7%
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Fix this text38.5m
Fix this text28.4%
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Fix this text42.0m
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Fix this text46.9m
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Fix this text6.7m
Fix this text1961
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Fix this textTechnical Education
Fix this texton a Shoe String
Fix this textTechnical Education again
Fix this textfares badly in this year’s bud-
Fix this textget; while the demand for tech-
Fix this textnical college courses is grow-
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Fix this texthave difficulty in enrolling in
Fix this textsome of the courses, especially
Fix this textat the higher levels, the in-
Fix this textcrease in expenditure on tech-
Fix this textnical education is less than a
Fix this textquarter of a million £s.
Fix this textYet the technical colleges will
Fix this textbe expected to cope with the
Fix this textsame mounting demand for
Fix this textcourses as the universities are:
Fix this textThe budget shows how this
Fix this textcan be done. The answer is
Fix this textpart-time teaching staff —3,298
Fix this textof them compared with a total
Fix this textof 1,657 full time staff com-
Fix this textprising principals, lecturers,
Fix this textteachers, registrars, etc.
Fix this textThe reliance on part-time
Fix this textteaching staff to this extent
Fix this textrepresents an enormous saving
Fix this textto the government, but it poses
Fix this textgrave difficulties for the col-
Fix this textleges, and is another example
Fix this textof the way in which “education
Fix this texton the cheap” operates below
Fix this textthe university level.
Fix this textLibrary Subsidy
Fix this textThe library subsidy also suf-
Fix this textfers from the inadequate in-
Fix this textcrease in the education vote.
Fix this textThe variation provided in the
Fix this textbudget has received consider-
Fix this textable publicity, but actually
Fix this textrepresents only £l,OOO more
Fix this textthan the allocation made in
Fix this textlast year’s budget.
Fix this textThe new scheme will simply
Fix this textmake it easier for schools in
Fix this textwealthier areas to have better
Fix this textlibraries than schools in less
Fix this textprosperous communities.
Fix this textState Aid
Fix this textThe £100,00(K provided in
Fix this textthe budget for paying the in-
Fix this textterest on loans to private
Fix this textschools, could well have been
Fix this textdevoted to providing improve-
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Fix this textThere can be little doubt
Fix this textthat this item on the budget
Fix this textcould be the thin end of the
Fix this textwedge in opening the way for
Fix this textlarge scale grants to private
Fix this textschools. Having secured recog-
Fix this textnition of the principle, the
Fix this textsupporters of state aid will seek
Fix this texta larger allocation next year.
Fix this textAnd when the elections come
Fix this textround, it is conceivable that
Fix this textthe political parties will be
Fix this textraising their bids to millions of
Fix this text£s in their efforts to secure
Fix this textvotes.
Fix this textBut payment of interest on
Fix this textloans to private schools is not
Fix this textthe only example of State aid
Fix this textprovided by the N.S.W. Govern-
Fix this textment. The Budget also pro-
Fix this textvides £460,000 for “allowances
Fix this textfor secondary pupils in non-
Fix this textstate schools, and living-away
Fix this textfrom-home allowances for sec-
Fix this textondary pupils in state and non-
Fix this textstate schools. This is an increase
Fix this textof over £200,000 on last year’s I
Fix this textallocation. Thus this year’s
Fix this textBudget provides a total of
Fix this text£560,000 in state aid, compared
Fix this textwith £258,000 last year. Where
Fix this textis it going to stop?
Fix this textThe budget also provides
Fix this textfinancial assistance to second-
Fix this textary school pupils —or to their
Fix this textparents rather; but unlike the
Fix this textliving-away-from-home allow-
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Fix this textThe first of these measures
Fix this texttakes the form of allowances to
Fix this textsth and 6th form pupils, and
Fix this textwill involve a net annual cost
Fix this textof £500,000.
Fix this textThe second is a text-book
Fix this textallowance to cost over £lm a
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Fix this textDetails of the way in which
Fix this textthis will operate have not yet
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Fix this textThe Education
Fix this textCommission?
Fix this textMr. Askin pointed out in his
Fix this textbudget speech that his gov-
Fix this texternment has been in office for
Fix this textfour months, and in that period
Fix this texthas not had time to implement
Fix this textall his election promises.
Fix this textThis is understandable.
Fix this textNevertheless, on such an im-
Fix this textportant occasion, teachers
Fix this textwould have welcomed an indi-
Fix this textcation that the Education Com-
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Fix this textwill be accorded the priority
Fix this textwhich its importance deserves.
Fix this textSuperannuation
Fix this textIncrease
Fix this textWhile teachers can find scant
Fix this textencouragement in the budget’s
Fix this textprovision for education, the
Fix this textPremier’s announcement of an
Fix this textincrease in the value of super-
Fix this textannuation units is very wel-
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Fix this textwill add appreciably to their
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Fix this textTABLE 2—MAIN ITEMS OF EDUCATIONAL
Fix this textEXPENDITURE
Fix this textEstimate
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Fix this textActual
Fix this text1964-65
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Fix this textVariation
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Fix this textPrimary Education ..
Fix this text32,340,000
Fix this text32,682,000
Fix this text— 342,000
Fix this textSecondary
Fix this textEducation
Fix this text26,464,000
Fix this text24,579,000
Fix this text+ 1,885,000
Fix this textTechnical
Fix this textEducation .
Fix this text7,020,000
Fix this text6,774,000
Fix this text+ 246,000
Fix this textTraining
Fix this textof Teachers
Fix this text4,963,000
Fix this text4,510,000
Fix this text+ 453,000
Fix this textGrants to
Fix this textUniveristies
Fix this text8,526,000
Fix this text8,007,000
Fix this text+ 519,000
Fix this textENGLISH/HISTORY TEACHERS’
Fix this textCONFERENCE
Fix this textIn opening the conference for teachers of
Fix this textEnglish and history at the Union Theatre on
Fix this textSaturday, September 25, Mr. S. P. Lewis,
Fix this textPresident of the Federation, stated:
Fix this text"A critical study of history and an apprecia
Fix this texttion of the mother tongue and the capacity
Fix this textto use it are essential to social existence and
Fix this textadvancement. Thus the teaching of English
Fix this textand history, and hence the teachers of English
Fix this textand history, are very important to secondary
Fix this texteducation."
Fix this textThe guest speakers at the con-
Fix this textference were H. J. Oliver, M.A.,
Fix this textProfessor of English at the Uni-
Fix this textversity of New South Wales and
Fix this textT. G. Hunter, D.Sc., Professor
Fix this textof Chemical Engineering at the
Fix this textUniversity of Sydney.
Fix this textSpeakers throughout the day
Fix this textaddressed themselves to the
Fix this texttopics which dealt with the fol-
Fix this textlow matters:
Fix this textSeparation of English and his-
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Fix this textPeriod loadings and class sizes
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Fix this textThe training of English and
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Fix this textAccommodation, equipment and
Fix this textspecial requirements in the
Fix this textteaching of English and his-
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Fix this textPromotion opportunities for
Fix this textEnglish and history teachers.
Fix this textSyllabuses and examinations.
Fix this textThe discussions in general
Fix this textstressed the heavy burden of
Fix this textwork of English/history Teach-
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Fix this textwork, in the substantial amount
Fix this textof correction inherent in the
Fix this textsubjects and the constant need
Fix this textto devote considerable time to
Fix this textbackground reading to keep
Fix this textapace with developments in
Fix this textliterature and the new ap-
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Fix this textA full report of the topics
Fix this textdiscussed and debate around
Fix this textthese topics will be published
Fix this textin the next issue of Education.
Fix this textThe Conference carried an
Fix this textimplementing resolution which
Fix this textin particular called for the
Fix this textestablishment of a standing
Fix this textcommittee of teachers of Eng-
Fix this textlish/history to follow up the
Fix this textgood work initiated by the con-
Fix this textference and endeavour to en-
Fix this textsure that the working conditions
Fix this textof English/history Teachers
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Fix this textseeable future.
Fix this textIt's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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