§ 65. Mr. KINGasked the President of the Board of Education how many inspectors of elementary and higher education respectively have been appointed during 1912; how many are graduates of Oxford or Cambridge; and how many have had teaching experience in elementary or higher schools?
§ The PRESIDENT of the BOARD of EDUCATION (Mr. J. A. Pease)Fourteen inspectors of elementary education have been appointed by me since the 1st January, 1912, and ten of these have had experience in elementary schools. I have appointed nineteen inspectors of other schools, all of whom have had teaching experience, three of them in elementary schools. Out of the thirty-three, four are graduates of Oxford and four of Cambridge.
§ 67. Mr. TOUCHEasked whether, in making an increase in the number of women inspectors, it is intended to maintain the existing distinction whereby women are appointed to the inspectorate for a limited number of years instead of permanently, as in the case of men, or if, having regard to the desirability of securing the most highly qualified women candidates, it is now intended to abolish the distinction and appoint women on the same terms, as regards permanency, as men?
§ Mr. PEASEThe system of appointing certain women inspectors for a term of years has not, in my opinion, been successful, and its abandonment is now under consideration.