23
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Proposed
Assistant Inspector
22 36
23
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37
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Inspector (Non-Graduate)
31
39
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4.14 Education Assistant
45 posts
Staff in this grade are concerned with the administration of education. At present, entrants are normally required to have at least seven years' teaching experience, i.e. one year more than that required for appointment to the Inspector or Lecturer grade. We have found no justification for this distinction and have been informed that the Administration is already taking steps to change the requirement to six years' teaching experience. Our proposed scales, which are in line with those of the Lecturer and Inspector grades, take account of this change.
Existing
Proposed
Education Assistant
23 31
23
37
Senior Education Assistant
32
39
38
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4.15
Education Officer
Graduate Grades
621 posts
The Education Officer grade has five ranks. The pay scale for the Assistant Education Officer rank spans the normal pay scales for the first two graduate ranks.
We therefore propose that staff in this rank should not proceed beyond MPS Point 31 without acquiring a Diploma in Education. We consider that deferment of the first increment in this rank for one year for those who have not obtained a Diploma in Education should continue as an incentive to prospective entrants to obtain this qualification. We also recommend that the maximum of the Assistant Education Officer scale should be raised to MPS Point 37 to bring it into line with that of Senior Assistant Masters whose teaching duties in secondary schools are comparable.
We do not consider that the functional differences between the Education Officer and Senior Master ranks, which largely arise from differences in the size of schools, are sufficiently significant to justify separate pay scales. We therefore propose that the two ranks be combined.
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