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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 42

Chapter III. — Pensions

Chapter III.

Pensions.

118. A limited number of pensions will be granted to teachers who were employed in that capacity when the minutes* relating to pensions were cancelled:
(1.)The proposed pensioner must—
(a.)Be a certificated teacher in a public elementary school, or training college, at the time when the pension is applied for.
(b.)Have become incapable, from age or infirmity, of continuing to teach a school efficiently.
(c.)Have been employed since the 9th of May, 1862, as principal or assistant teacher in elementary schools, or training colleges.
(d.)Be recommended by Her Majesty's Inspector, and the managers of the schools served in.
(e.)Be 60 years of age (if a man), or 55 (if a woman), unless the pension is applied for on the ground of failure of health.
(2.)Pensions will be granted to those teachers only who have been, during the seven years preceding the application on their behalf, employed in schools or colleges, under inspection, and are in need, and deserving, of such assistance.page 81
(3.)Applications for a pension will be received only from the managers of the school in which the teacher is serving at the date of retirement.
(4.)These applications will be collected for decision, on their comparative merits, twice a year, about Lady Day and Michaelmas.
(5.)Teachers who entered on the charge of a school before 1851, will be regarded cæteris paribus, as having the first claim.
(6.)The maximum number and value of pensions receivable at one time, in England and Scotland together, will be as follows:—
£
270 20 pensions of 30l. each 600
100 pensions of 25l.each 2,500
150 pensions of 20l. each 3,000
6,100
Donations or special gratuities (each year) 400
6,500
(7.)The pension will be paid yearly, on certificates proving identity, good behaviour, and continued need.

* Minutes of 25th August and 21st December, 1846, and 6th August, 1851.