SRC on Education

The SRC on 19 June passed four education recommendations which will go to NZUSA winter council.

They are as follows:

"That NZUSA believes an inservice teacher training course for University Lecturers should be established in all NZ Universities."

"That the gradings for salary changes, and the promotion of University teaching staff, should be based on their abilities and skills as University Teachers and Lecturers, as well as on their ability as researchers and on the amount of material published by them, which are currently the primary considerations in assessment."

"That NZUSA recommends its constituents to investigate the feasibility of instituting unified statistics courses in their universities."

"That there should be optional courses in Maori Language and culture available at all NZ Universities and that all teacher training college students should undertake a compulsory course in Maori Culture and be strongly encouraged to take a course in Maori language during their training course."

A further recommendation,

"That the gradings of staff should be made, with some objective scale, by the head of their department," was referred back to the Education Sub-Committee for reconsideration.