§ MR. MACVEAGH (Down, S.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieuten- 556 ant of Ireland whether he can state if any national teachers in the counties of Down and Antrim have been promoted from second grade to second division of first grade on three reports of good, as indicating progress of pupils.
(Answered by Mr. Wyndham.): In the case of one teacher in county Down, whose school was noted at first as "Good" by the inspector in three successive years on forms of report not providing for the term "Very Good" as regards progress of the school, it was decided that the reports were of such a character as to warrant promotion in accordance with the standard laid down by the Commissioners. But apart from this case no teacher, the official record of whole school, as regards the progress of pupils, was of the nature indicated in the Question, has received promotion from second grade to second division of first grade.