§ Sir C. CAYZERasked the President of the Board of Education whether he is aware that art schools and technical schools were not brought under the findings of the Burnham Committee with respect to the fixation of salaries, but that every education committee was left to make its arrangements in this respect with its own teachers; that the art masters in general were left at their old salaries, whilst secondary school masters had their salaries considerably advanced whether he is aware that the latter teachers have accepted a voluntary reduction of 5 per cent. in respect of salaries under the Burnham scale, and that art masters are now being similarly asked to give up 5 per cent. of an advance which they never received; and whether, considering that art masters are receiving 68W treatment of this nature, he will exempt the art masters front the demand of the 5 per cent. reduction or, alternatively, bring them into the Burnham scale?
§ Mr. TREVELYANI think that the hon. Gentleman is under some misapprehension. He will observe from the copy of the Report of the Burnham Committee on the salaries of Teachers in Technical Schools and Schools of Art, which I am sending him, that the Committee did recommend standard scales of salary for assistant teachers in such schools, including art masters. With regard to the 5 per cent. abatement, the teachers' offer was confirmed by all the Associations represented on the Burnham Committee, including the National Society of Art Masters. I have no power to take any steps such as those suggested in the last part of the question.