§ MR. ASHLEYI beg to ask the President of the Board of Education whether he has considered the probable effect of abolishing the register of teachers on secondary schools at present inspected by the Board of Education with a view to the admission of their teachers to the register; and whether he anticipates that in consequence many of such schools will cease to seek recognition or undergo inspection by the Board.
§ MR. BIRRELLThe Board have given their careful attention to the points referred to in the Question and are considering the possibility of estab- 724 lishing a list of efficient secondary schools, whether grant-aided or not. A very thorough inspection would be a necessary preliminary to the placing of a school upon such a list. Such recognition would, in consequence, be of much greater value to the schools so recognised than the limited recognition in connection with the teachers' register, which was accorded without any stringent conditions and tests of inspection or otherwise.