§ MR. KIMBER (Wandsworth)I beg to ask the Vice President of the Committee of Council on Education whether, with reference to the announcement that clerks in the Education Department making application might be appointed to vacant examiner-ships in the Department on showing that they possessed the necessary qualifications, young and experienced men had been appointed to the vacant examiner-ships, in face of several applications received from the clerks; whether the Department will tabulate the qualifications required for the post of examiners; and what opportunities there are for ascertaining and utilising the abilities of any capable and meritorious clerks already serving in the Department?
§ THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL (Mr. ACLAND,) York, W.R., RotherhamThe applications mentioned in the question were very carefully considered by the Department, and the conclusion come to was that those who made them did not possess the special qualifications which were required. It is not possible to tabulate the qualifications required for an examiner. I can only say that I believe those who have been lately appointed possess them in the fullest degree. The abilities of the clerks who made the application, as well as of the others, are well-known to the heads of the Department, and I desire to repeat that there is no desire to prevent the promotion of those who possess the requisite qualifications.