Teachers discouraged

Nzspa Reporter

Asiiburton.—Girls may be deterred from entering the teaching service by the new three-year teacher training course, says the principal of, Ashburton College (Mr. D. R. Thurlow). The new course, he says, adds two extra years of obligatory service which could seriously impede recruitment of students.

Mr. Thurlow told the college board of governors that girl students now face "seven years of bondage" — three training, one probationary and three teaching under bond. Previously the bond was for five years.

The old clause for releasing women from the bond when they married has also been deleted, added Mr. Thurlow, and this would also make the service less attractive.