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[from A.M Harrision's Descriptive List of Insular Societies]
The passing ot the Manx Public Elementary Education Act in 1872 led to the foundation of a system of compulsory elementary education for the Island ,based on the code of the English Department of Education. The lsle of Man Teachers Association was affiliated to the National Union of Teachers, founded in 1871, in 1874.
The quarterly meeting of the society at Tynwald Street School, Douglas,was published in the Peel City Guardian of 2 March 1895. The Secretary reported that 63 certified teachers in the Isle of Man belonged to the National Union of Teachers, approximately 80% of the teachers eligible for membership. Miss Hodgkinson and Messrs Lace,Collister, Potts and Leece were appointed to represent the association at the twenty-sixth conference of the National Union of Teachers in Manchester.
M.N.H.L., Isle of Man newspapers, ut supra et passim,
neither the Teachers Association, nor the N.U.T. hold any early Manx records.
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Isle of Man Times, Saturday, 3rd February 1877
ISLE OF MAN ASSOCIATION OF CERTIFICATED TEACHERS
The fourth annual meeting of this Association was held on Saturday last in the St. George's School-room, Douglas, and was very well attended by teachers from Castletown, Douglas, and Peel, and their neighbourhood, but Ramsey and the North were unrepresented. After some matters affecting the positions of certain teachers with their managers had been dealt with, or referred to the committee for consideration, the Secretary (Mr Taylor) read his report for 1876, which stated that the Association was in a very flourishing condition ; and from the good already done, urged that (although there were but few not enrolled) every teacher ought to become a member. Five general meetings had been held during the year, at each of which there had been a good attendance, and valuable discussions upon various matters of interest to teachers had taken place. Both the report and the balance sheet were then adopted, and after a vote of thanks had been given to the officers of the past year for their services, Messrs. Green and Taylor were re-elected to the offices of president and secretary and treasurer respectively. Mr Grindley, late of Port St. Mary, was chosen vice-president, Mr Quirk, Braddan, as librarian, and Messrs. Bickerstaff, Geldard, Hudson, and Ridge were placed upon the committee for 1877. Various proposed code amendments were brought before the meeting, and those favourably considered were left for the committee to consider in detail, and forward to the Executive of the National Union in London.
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