95. Mr. TYSON WILSONasked the President of the Board of Education whether ex-service men who satisfy a committee or an examiner that they would make efficient elementary school teachers are allowed a grant or maintenance allowance; and, if not, will he, in cases were special aptitude is shown, recommend that such a grant or allowance be made?
§ The PRESIDENT of the BOARD of EDUCATION (Mr. Fisher)Grants under the Government Scheme for the Higher Education of ex-service students have been made to more than 4,500 ex-officers and men to enable them to take courses of training for the teaching profession. Applications for assistance under this scheme were required to be lodged before the 30th June, 1920, and the Board have not felt justified in accepting applications lodged after that date except where the delay was due to some very special reason. Ex-service men who satisfy the Board that they are qualified for admission to a training college are eligible for assistance at the ordinary rates provided for in the Board's Regulations for the Training of Teachers.