Statistical Report 1935-1936 - Department of Education and Skills

66for the previous year was 34. There were seven recognised teacherswho came within the authorised quotas in their respective schools butwere not paid Incremental Salary, three of these having had no previousapproved teaching service to place them on the scale of paymentsand four others having failed to submit claims.The number of schools in which the number of eligible teachersemployed was less than the quota of teachers entitled to receiveIncremental Salary was 221, and the number of schools in which the'number of recognised teachers exceeded the authorised quota was 38.The corresponding figures for the previous school year were 213 and 29'respectively.There was a decrease in the number of teachers admitted to the'Register of Secondary Teachers in 1935-36, as compared with thenumber admitted in the school year 1934-35-the total admissions.being 136 (of whom 92 teachers were definitively registered), as comparedwith 167 in the previous year (of whom 99 were definitivelyregistered) .V.SECONDARY TEACHERS' SUPERANNUATION SCHEME.Of the total of 1,393 recognised teachers serving in SecondarySchools in the school year 1935-36, 427 were members of the SuperannuationScheme, and of these 375, or 87.8 per cent. of the total werelay teachers. Applications for admission to the scheme were acceptedfrom seventeen teachers during that year. The total number ofpersons to whom pensions have been awarded from the inception ofthe scheme to the 31st July, 1936, is 90.Of the total of 51 Preparatory College teachers serving during theschool year 1935-36, 33 (25 lay teachers and 8 religious) were members.of the Superannuation Scheme. Applications for admission to thescheme were accepted from four lay teachers during the School Year;two lay teachers ceased to be members of the scheme on resignation;VI.SCHOLARSHIPS.The various schemes referred to in previous Reports for providing~cholarships continue to operate. Statistics regarding Scholarshipsm Secondary and Vocational Schools and University Scholarshipsawarded by County and Borough Councils will be found at Section IXof Chapter I, and in the Appendices to this report. Particulars as toscho~arships awarded by the State on the results of the Intermediate.Certificate Examination of 1936 are also set out in the Appendices.6717 Scholarships were awarded in 1936 under the Department'sScheme of scholarships to Secondary Schools for students from theFior-Ghaedhealtacht; 5 of these scholarships were obtained by boysand 12 by girls; 84 scholarships in all are being held in the schoolyear 1936-37 under this scheme of which 67 are held by girls and 17by boys. The holders are distributed over 16 schools in Classes A andBand 5 Preparatory Colleges.During the school year 1935-36 the total number of scholarshipsin operation in Secondary and Vocational Schools under awards madeby the Department and by County and Borough Councils were as•follows :-(a) The number of Scholarships in Secondary andVocational Schools awarded by County orBorough Councils(i) Secondary Schools(ii) Training Colleges or Vocational Schools(b) Scholarships awarded by the Department onthe results of the Intermediate CertificateExamination . . . . . . . .(c) Scholarships awarded by the DeIlartmentunder the Scheme for Students from the Fior-Ghaedhealtacht ., .,Total1,098921,190202751,467With regard to (a) and (b) it is to. be noted that students may holdscholarships from the Department and from a County or BoroughCouncil or other public fund or endowment in the same year, but thetotal extent to which a student may benefit from these scholarshipsmust not exceed £50 in any year. The total number of students holdingsuch dual scholarships in 1935-36 was 69.University Scholarships for Fior_GhaedhealtachtStudents.The Minister for Education awarded five new University Scholarshipsin 1936 under the Scheme for Students from the Fior-Ghaedhealtacht.There are in all 18 such scholarships nOWbeing held-14 byboys and 4 by girls. Five of the students are following courses in Arts,six courses in Science, two courses in Arts and Commerce, one a coursein Medicine, one course in Medicine and Science and three postgraduatecourses. All the scholarship holders are in attendance atUniversity College, Galway, except one who, is doing a post-graduatecourse at the 'universityof Bangor, Wales.