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Letter from W.F. Butler to Robert Chalmers, 18 July 1916

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<lb/>INTERMEDIATE EDUCATION BOARD FOR IRELAND
<lb/>EXAMINERS' RULES
<lb/>THE INTERMEDIATE EDUCATION BOARD FOR IRELAND, in pursuance
<lb/>and by virtue of the "Intermediate Education (Ireland) note 1878
<lb/>to 1913" and of every other power them thereunto enabling do
<lb/>hereby, with the approval of Their Excellencies the Lords Justices
<lb/>General and General Governors of Ireland, determine as follows: &#x2014;
(1) There shall be two classes of examiners, <sic>viz</sic>: &#x2014;
<lb/>(a) Advising Examiners, and
<lb/>(b) Examiners 
(2) There may be advising examiners in each or any of the
<lb/>following subjects:- Greek, Latin, English, Irish, French, German,
<lb/>Algebra, Geometry and Science.
(3) The advising examiners shall be appointed in the first
<lb/>instance for one year, by may be appointed afterwards for four
<lb/>years more.
(4) The remuneration of each of the advising examiners will be
<lb/>£100 a year.
(5) The advising examiners, except in Science, shall set all
<lb/>the examination papers in the above subject.
(6) The advising examiner in Science shall set such examina-
<lb/>tion papers as the Board may determine.
(7) The advising examiner in Science shall revise all the 
<lb/>papers of questions in Science.
(8) The advising examiner in Science shall confer with each ù
<lb/>of the examiners in Science before the marking of answer books
<lb/>begins.
(9) The advertising examiner in Science shall confer with each
<lb/>of the examiners in Science before the marking of answer books
<lb/>begins.
(10) Advising examiners may be required to attend conferences
<lb/>with examiners at the Office.

When a saving to the Office may thereby be effected,
<lb/>advising examiners may be required to attend conferences with
<lb/>examiners at places other than Dublin in which case, in addition
<lb/>to the expense of locomotion, they may be granted a subsistence
<lb/>allowance of £1 for each night of absence from home.
(11) In all cases where answers from competing candidates are
<lb/>marked by more than one examiner, each examiner shall submit the 
<lb/>marking of the first twenty at least of the answer books assigned to him
<lb/>to the advising examiner or the examiner who sets the papers
<lb/>in the subject and the Assistant Commissioners for consideration
<lb/>and the advising examiner or the examiner whi sets the papers shall,
<lb/>from time to time, take such steps as he thinks desirable to secure
<lb/>uniformity of standard in the marking.

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Letter from W.F. Butler to Robert Chalmers, 18 July 1916

National Archives of Ireland

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