I beg to ask the President of the Board of Education whether he is in a position to state when the new regulations of the secondary schools under the Board of Education will be issued; whether all applications must still be sent in at least one month before the school year commences; whether the school year commences 1st August; and, if so, whether, as only one month remains for making the applications, he will consider the advisability of extending the period in which they can be made.
I hope the new regulations will be issued early next month, but I am not yet in a position to fix the date. The present regulations require that applications should be sent in not one month before the school year commences, but one month before the school session commences, which is generally towards the end of September. The possibility of making a change in this regulation is under consideration.