The grant under this section will be payable towards the end of the financial year ending 31st March, 1909, as soon as possible after the amount of the balance available for distribution has been ascertained. MINUTE of the COMMITTEE OF COUNCIL ON EDUCATION IN SCOTLAND, dated 27th February, 1908, amending the terms of paragraph 2 of the Minute of 27th April, 1899, providing for the distribution of the sum available for Secondary or Technical (including Agricultural) Education, under Section 2, Sub-section (4) of the Local Taxation Account (Scotland) Act, 1898. MEMORANDUM. This amendment is proposed with the object of making more money available for the promotion of Agricultural Education in rural districts according to schemes framed in consultation with the several Agricultural Colleges in Scotland. It is proposed to add to the staffs of the Agricultural Colleges under these schemes additional officers to give continuous instruction in various branches of Agriculture at selected centres in each County, to provide additional instructors for Dairying, Poultry and Bee-keeping, and to facilitate the creation and suitable use of gardens and instruction plots in connection with Schools in rural districts. At Dover House, Whitehall, the 27th day of February, 1908. BY THE LORDS OF THE COMMITTEE OF HIS MAJESTY'S MOST HONOURABLE PRIVY COUNCIL ON EDUCATION IN SCOTLAND. Read: The Minute of 27th April, 1899. Resolved: That for the words "a sum not exceeding £2,000" in paragraph 2 of the said Minute of 27th April, 1899, shall be substituted the words "a sur not exceeding £10,000." I am to state that the Department have had under consideration the question of the simplest means for giving effect to the provisions of Article 42 of the Regulations for the Preliminary Education, &c., of Teachers, in terms of which persons who were actually serving in recognised positions as teachers of Higher Subjects in Intermediate and Secondary Schools at the date of the issue of the Regulations (7th June, 1906), are entitled to take rank as specially qualified teachers of the relative subjects in terms of Chapter V. of the Regulations. The subjects in respect of which such recognition may be claimed are English, French, German, (or other Modern Language), Classics, Mathematics, Science, History, and Geography. To prevent misunderstanding I am to explain that what is clearly contemplated in the Regulations is the recognition of a genuine specialist qualification, such as very few teachers are at all likely to possess in more than one or (at the most) two subjects. It is obvious, for instance, that a class teacher could not be regarded as specially qualified in respect of all of the subjects in the teaching of which he may incidentally have had a share. The primary requirement for recognition in terms of Article 42 will therefore be evidence that the teacher has actually held an important and responsible position in the school in connexion with the teaching of the particular subject for which he claims special recognition. The Department are now prepared to consider claims for recognition in terms of Article 42, which must be made, through the Managers of the School in which the teacher was engaged at the date of the Regulations, on form 49 T., a supply of which is enclosed. Further copies of this form may be obtained on application to the Department. The forms of claim should be forwarded to the Department not later than 31st December 1907. Teachers whose claims are admitted will receive a notification to that effect, and their names will be entered in a Register of recognised teachers of Higher Subjects. The attention of those who were not serving in recognised positions as teachers of Higher Subjects in Intermediate or Secondary Schools at the date of the Regulations (7th June, 1906), but who have since been appointed to such positions, and desire to obtain recognition under Chapter V. of the Regulations, should be directed to the footnote to Article 42. In such cases application should be made to the Provincial Committee for the Training of Teachers, as soon as one year of satisfactory service is completed. I have, etc., SIR, TEACHERS OF SPECIAL SUBJECTS. J. STRUTHERS. (Circular to Managers of Schools and others.) C. 408. Scotch Education Department, 24th October, 1907. I am to state that the Department have had under consideration the question of the simplest means for compiling a list of those who are entitled, in terms of the first sentence of Article 47 of the Regulations for the Preliminary Education, &c., of Teachers, to take rank as specially qualified teachers of certain subjects, in virtue of the fact that they were actually serving as recognised teachers of those subjects at the date of the issue of the Regulations (7th June, 1906). The subjects in respect of which such recognition may be claimed are those referred to in the footnote to Article 47, viz., Drawing, any branch of Applied Science or Technical Industry, Agriculture, Horticulture, Commercial Subjects, Housewifery or any branch thereof, Physical Exercises and School Gymnastics, Woodwork, and Ironwork or other recognised Manual occupation for schools. It will be observed from the terms of Article 37 of the Regulations that holders of the General Certificate may be recognised in respect of satisfactory work performed during the period of training, as generally qualified to give instruction in certain of the above-named subjects. But a clear distinction must be drawn between this general qualification and the higher standard which is implied by the "Special Certificate of Qualification" to be issued under Chapter VI. of the Regulations. What is obviously contemplated in that Chapter is the recognition of a genuine specialist qualification, such as very few teachers are likely to possess in more than a single subject, To prevent misunderstanding I am therefore to explain that in the case of those who claim recognition in terms of the first sentence of Article 47, the Department will look for attainments which may fairly be held to correspond generally with those required for the "Special Certificate of Qualification" under the latter part of that Article, and will further require evidence that, in the school or institution where he was employed, the teacher actually held an important and responsible position in connexion with the teaching of the particular subject for which he claims special recognition. The Department are now prepared to consider such claims, provided they are made through the Managers of the School in which the teacher was engaged at the date of the Regulations, on form 50 T., of which a supply is enclosed. Further copies of this form may be obtained on application to the Department. The forms of claim should be forwarded to the Department not later than 31st March, 1908. If a teacher was engaged in more than one school or institution at the date of the Regulations as a teacher of the special subject in respect of which the claim is made, the application should be forwarded through the Managers of that school or institution in which he was nainly employed, but particulars of his employment in the other schools should also be given. Teachers whose claims are admitted will receive a notification to that effect, and their names will be entered in a Register of recognised teachers of Special Subjects. It is requested that the terms of this Circular letter may be brought to the notice of any teachers of Special Subjects who appear to be qualified to submit a claim on form 50 T. I have, etc. J. STRUTHERS. EDUCATIONAL APPOINTMENTS IN INDIA AND THE COLONIES. (Circular to School Boards and Managers.) C. 411. SIR, Scotch Education Department, 2nd January, 1908. The Scotch Education Department are asked from time to time, in conjunction with the Board of Education, to select candidates for educational appointments of various kinds in India and the Colonies. For this purpose a list of applicants is kept in this office. Vacancies, as they occur, are sometimes advertised in the newspapers, but it will not be possible to follow this course in all cases, and a selection for any vacancy may be made from the candidates whose names are already on the Department's list. For this reason teachers and others connected with education in Scotland, who are desirous of obtaining employment abroad, would do well to make a general application to the Department without waiting to hear of a particular vacancy, in order that their names may be placed on the list, after which they will receive notice of any appointment to be made on the recommendation of this Department or the Board of Education, for which they may be considered eligible. Applications should be addressed to the Secretary, Scotch Education Department, Dover House, Whitehall, London, S.W. Testimonials and Certificates should not be sent to this office until the candidate has received a special form of application, which will be sent to him or her upon request. In connection with this notice attention may be called to the Department's Circular No. 382, stating the conditions upon which young teachers in Scottish Secondary Schools may obtain employment for one year in French Lycées or Colleges and in German Schools as temporary Assistants. Applications for posts of this kind may in future be addressed to this office, and should be forwarded not later than April 30th preceding the session for which such employment is desired. I am to request that you will be good enough to circulate this notice among the teachers in the employment of your Board (Committee or Managers) I have, etc., J. STRUTHERS. |