§ Mr. LUNDONasked the Chief Secretary how many junior assistant mistresses the National Board have ordered to be dismissed owing to the average in the schools in which they are employed having risen to fifty or over?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe Commissioners of National Education inform me that instruc-1668W tions have been issued in eighty-two cases directing the managers to replace the present junior assistant mistresses by fully qualified assistant teachers. This is in accordance with Rule 86a of the code, which requires that when an average attendance of fifty is maintained in any school a fully qualified assistant must be appointed.