HC Deb 01 February 1937 vol 319 cc1294-5W
Mr. Parker

asked the President of the Board of Education whether he is aware of the case of Mr. C. S. Harvey, of 7, Lawn's Way, Chase Cross Road, Rom-ford, a certified teacher in Canada, who came to England to join the British Army in 1914, returned to Canada in 1919 ignorant of the special facilities offered to ex-service men who wished to continue their studies, and subsequently returned to London, of which he was a native, owing to serious trench fever; and, as he has been unable to obtain recognition as a certified teacher or any consideration of his war service, whether any step is to be taken to grant recognition to him and others in his position?

Mr. Shakespeare

Recognition of persons as certificated teachers depends upon whether the qualifications they possess and the training they have received conform to the requirements of the Code of Regulations for Public Elementary Schools. The case of Mr. Harvey has received very careful consideration, but on the information before me I can see no grounds for accepting his qualifications as substantially equivalent to the ordinary qualifications required for recognition as a certificated teacher.