§ MR. SLOAN (Belfast, S.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he can state when the National Board of Education intend to place teachers in their respective grades according to the new regulations; and will each teacher be placed in the grade not lower than the class he now holds under the old rules.
§ MR. WYNDHAMI am informed that all teachers in the service prior to the 1st April, 1900, came under the new system of gradation in accordance with the terms of Rule 200 (e) and (f), and have been graded accordingly. Classification Las been abolished for all future teachers, and in the case of teachers in the service prior to 1st April, 1900, there is no necessary correspondence between their former classes and their present grades.