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6.10
The Green Paper made proposals, inter alia, to increase the
number of Senior Teachers, introduce Deputy Heads, and improve the
salaries of Heads of schools.
6.11
Report No. 5 of the Standing Commission on Civil Service Salaries
and Conditions of Service, which was accepted by the Government, has already
covered some of these proposals.
This has resulted in a new Principal
Assistant Master rank for Heads of schools with twenty-four classes or
more, has raised the rank of Heads of medium-sized schools and has
proposed an unspecified increase to the allowance for Heads of smaller
schools. No further steps need therefore be taken in respect of Heads'
salaries, except to take a decision on the amount of the allowance for
Heads of small schools.
6.12
It is still intended that one of the Senior Teachers in each
primary school of twelve or more classes should serve as deputy to the
head of the school and share his teaching periods with the head so that
the latter can keep in touch with the classroom while the former will have
some time for administrative duties.
6.13
The Government also intends that, within the overall teacher to
class ratio of 1.2 : 1, the number of Senior Teachers in each school should
be increased to take into account the additional responsibilities introduced
in this White Paper. It is also clear that the division of responsibilities
of Senior Teachers will need redefining with the introduction of a deputy
to the head, the need to organise and supervise remedial teaching and the
proposed increase in the use of teaching aids. It is therefore intended to
review the duties of Senior Teachers and devise a new scale of provision of
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