§ Sir C. OMANasked the President of the Board of Education whether it is the invariable practice of the Board to allow teachers in grant-aided schools, who have been reported to the Board under Section 11 of the Board's regulation of 1926 and refused a pension, to see and hear all the evidence submitted against them and for them to be given an opportunity of rebutting charges brought against them; and, if not, what steps the Board takes to ensure that such teachers have a fair hearing before dismissal?
§ Sir C. TREVELYANThe Board's Regulations for Secondary Schools provide that, before declaring a teacher to be unsuitable for employment on grounds 451W of misconduct or grave professional default, the Board shall use every available means of informing the teacher of the charges against him and of giving him an opportunity for explanation. This provision is invariably complied with.