§ 11. Mr. KINGasked the President of the Board of Education whether he is aware that the London education authority selects a limited number of teachers for a promotion list, and debars all teachers not on the list from promotion in council schools, but consents to the appointment in non-provided schools of teachers who are not on the promotion list; whether he will state what are the qualifications which the London education authority requires in a candidate for admission to the promotion list; whether the Board of Education has approved these qualifications as fit and proper for teachers in council schools and as unnecessary for teachers in non-provided schools; and whether he will represent to the London education authority the desirability of treating all teachers and all schools equally?
§ The PRESIDENT of the BOARD of EDUCATION (Mr. Pease)The principles on which a local education authority promotes teachers in council schools and consents to the appointment of teachers in voluntary schools are within their own discretion and the Board have no power to intervene in this matter unless a question arises between the local education authority and the managers of a voluntary school which requires determination under Section 7 (3) of the Act of 1902.
§ Mr. KINGHas the right hon. Gentleman seen those regulations, and is he aware that they contravene at least the spirit of the Act of 1902?
§ Mr. PEASEI have no power to intervene, and I do not bear the regulations in memory at the present moment.