MR. T. M. HEALYI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether, with a view to allowing teachers to appeal against an adverse results examination, the 735 Commissioners of National Education would cause the examination roll, with the detailed marks filled in, to be returned to the manager and teacher soon after the examination, instead of after an interval of two months, which is the present practice?
MR. JOHN MORLEYEvery effort will be made by the Commissioners to shorten, as far as practicable, the time for issuing the examination rolls to the school managers. These rolls contain the details of the pass marks of the pupils which have to be copied out in extenso from the marking papers of the Inspectors—a critical work requiring time. In some cases, owing to points calling for inquiry from Inspectors or Managers, it is not practicable to issue the detailed rolls sooner than six weeks or two months. It is to be observed, however, that the Inspectors furnish to the teachers immediately after the results examinations an indication of the pupils severally who have passed in the essential subjects.