Scholarship attraction based on transfer promise

Mary Mussen supports Federation's demand to retain the transfer system.

By Owen Hasler

Mary Mussen was attracted to mathematics teaching as a mature age student by gaining a scholarship in the Accelerated Teacher Training Program.

�The program provided me with a scholarship in order to undertake my university training but there was a bond and a requirement for me to teach for three years,� Mary said.

�I said I was prepared to go anywhere in NSW on the understanding that I would gain a transfer at the end of the three years at that location. I certainly wouldn�t have accepted otherwise,� states Mary.

Mary was appointed to Wee Waa High School in 2006 and due to falling enrolments in the school was transferred as a permanent mobile to neighbouring Narrabri High for 2007.

�You can be quite sure that without the expectation of a transfer being available at the end of my bonded three years I would not have accepted the scholarship conditions and I am still not sure whether I have done the right thing. I will certainly be supporting the Federation�s demand to retain the transfer system,� Mary said.

Owen Hasler is a Country Organiser.

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