§ MR. LEAHY (Kildare, S.)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether it is a rule of the Commissioners of National Education that first class teachers may be depressed in classification should their schools not maintain a fair standard of proficiency; and, if so, whether first class candidates will be allowed to go forward for promotion upon merely giving notice of their intention?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY (Sir MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH) (Bristol, W.)By a long-established rule all teachers are liable to depression in classification should their schools decline in usefulness and efficiency; and satisfactory school-keeping must be regarded as a necessary condition in allowing teachers to seek promotion in classification.