§ Mr. R. MORRISONasked the President of the Board of Education how many of His Majesty's inspectors of schools have as part of their duties the inspection of schools for the deaf 7 whether any of them possess special qualifications or knowledge of this work; and whether they have the assistance of anyone with practical knowledge of the technique of the work which they officially inspect?
§ Mr. TREVELYANThe inspection of schools for deaf children is undertaken not by His Majesty's inspectors of schools, but by the Board's medical officers, including the Board's chief medical inspector, who has had some 25 years' experience of the needs and methods of education of deaf children and of the inspection of schools and institutions for the deaf. Moreover, the Board's medical officers are in constant consultation with the head teachers of schools for the deaf, with the National College of Teachers of the Deaf, and with the local education authorities and governing bodies responsible for the management of these schools.