asked the President of the Board of Education whether those appointed to the new class of assistant inspectors of schools will be for the first year taken only from the rank of elementary teachers; whether their operations will extend to all parts of England and Wales; and whether they will be eligible for appointment as inspectors and senior inspectors?

Appointments to vacancies announced for assistant inspectors during 1913 will be confined to men who have not had less than eight years' experience in teaching in elementary schools; assistant inspectors will at present be recruited for service in England only, but may be assigned to any district in England at the discretion of the Board; they will be eligible, with others, for appointment in due course as inspectors of schools. There is no grade of "senior inspector" in the Board's service.