Section 12(4) in Rules for the Grant of Recognition and Aid to Elementary Schools
(4)(a)Schools employing untrained teacher may not ordinarily employ more than one untrained teacher for every two trained teachers without the specific approval of the District Educational Officer.Explanation. - The following persons shall be deemed to be trained teachers for the purpose of this rule.(i)a teacher who holds a probationary teacher's certificate which he has been unable to complete within the prescribed period;(ii)a teacher who has undergone training in a recognised training institution though he has failed in the Training School-Leaving Certificate Examination; and(iii)an untrained teacher of the collegiate grade,(b)all untrained teachers employed in elementary schools who have not attained the age of 35 shall be sent for training at the earliest opportunity.
