HC Deb 28 February 1902 vol 104 cc15-6
MR. BARTLEY (Islington, N)

I beg to ask the Vice-President of the Committee of Council on Education, with reference to the term "efficient" used by him in relation to the term "recognised school" as used in Sections 3 and 4 of the Schedule to the Order in Council for Regulating the Registration of Teachers, whether he can say in what way the Board of Education intend to determine whether a school is efficient.

I beg also to ask the Vice-President of the Committee of Council on Education whether he can state what steps must be taken by the authorities of a school in order that the school may be recognised as efficient.

THE VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE COMMITTEE OF COUNCIL ON EDUCATION (Sir J. GORST,) Cambridge University

If the Registration Council declined to recognise a school for the purposes of Sections 3 and 4 of the Order in Council, the authorities of the school might appeal to the Board of Education, and the efficiency of the School might be established by inspection under the Board of Education Act, 1899.

MR. BARTLEY

I beg to ask the Vice-President of the Committee of Council on Education whether, in view of the fact that the number of persons who are entitled, as being recognised by the Board of Education as certificated teachers under the Code of Regulations for Elementary Day Schools, to be placed on the Register of Teachers without payment of any registration fee, exceeds 64,000, and that registration for other teachers is not compulsory, he will state who is to be responsible for meeting a deficit in the event of the income derived from registration fees falling short of the expenses of registration.

SIR J. GORST

It is not considered possible that the registration fees will fall short of the expenses of registration during the first three years, as the number of teachers seeking registration will in that period be abnormally great; but during this period the Board of Education will be responsible. After that period the fees will be fixed at such an amount as to secure that the receipts will not fall below the expenditure.

MR. BARTLEY

Then am I to understand that the Board of Education pays?

SIR J. GORST

If there be any deficiency, the Board will have to take some measures to supply it.

MR. BARTLEY

I beg to ask the Vice-President of the Committee of Council on Education whether the term "head master or head mistress," as used in Section 4 of the Schedule to the Order in Council for Regulating the Registration of Teachers, is to be understood as applicable to the principal of a School conducted for private profit.

SIR J. GORST

The answer to this Question is in the affirmative.

MR. BARTLEY

I beg to ask the Vice-President of the Committee of Council on Education, in respect to the term "satisfactory" as used by him in reference to the term "experience in teaching" as used in the Schedule 4(2) (ii) to the Order in Council for Regulating the Registration of Teachers, whether he will state what experience will be considered satisfactory to the Registration Authority.

SIR J. GORST

No, Sir; that is a question for the Registration Authority.