§ MR. EYKYNasked the Vice President of the Council, On what grounds Army Schoolmasters are disqualified from accepting under the new Code ap- 1651 pointments in Schools aided by Government Grants; and, if candidates who have served in the Military Department of Education as duly qualified and approved teachers must necessarily be rejected under the new Code as teachers; and, if so, if he will define the disqualification under which one department of Education labours as compared with the other?
§ MR. W. E. FORSTER, in reply, said, it was true that Army schoolmasters were disqualified as stated. Although the rule might appear to operate rather harshly in regard to other educational services in the country, the Council on Education, after very careful consideration, found it impossible to accept certificates for which they were not themselves responsible. Very much must depend on the manner in which training schools were conducted and the examinations carried on.