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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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