§ MR. EVELYN CECIL (Hertfordshire, Hertford), on behalf of the hon. Member for West Bradford: I beg to ask the Vice-President of the Committee of Council on Education if he can state the changes made by the new Code with regard to the payments for pupil teachers.
§ Sir J. GORSTThe grants now paid for pupil teachers average 40s. per annum, schools receiving more or less, according to the results of the examinations. Under the Code 40s. per annum will be paid for each pupil teacher instructed, independently of the results of examination. Thus the total amount to be paid under the new system is the same as under the old, but will be equally divided. No school can for an ordinary pupil teacher receive under the new system a lower grant than it would have received under the old until after July 1st, 1903.