§ VISCOUNT CASTLEREAGH (Maidstone)To ask the Chief Secretary to
§ Agriculture and Technical Instruction for the training of national school teachers in elementary science. The Commissioners of National Education inform me that their inspectors recommend the teachers for whom such courses are desirable or necessary and who are willing to attend. So far as the Commissioners are aware no pressure is exercised by the inspectors to secure the attendance of teachers. The teachers who are recommended by inspectors are furnished with forms on which they may make application for admission to the courses. Teachers who have already attended a course are debarred from attending a second similar course except at their own expense.