Nanking, Sept. 27.
A ruling regarding the question as to whether foreign members of the faculty of a Government educational institution should or should not be required to take the oath of office and to study the Kuomintang: ideology in accordance with the' regulations issued by the Ministry of Education, has been made by the Ministry pursuant to an inquiry from the National Institute of Music.
According to the ruling, in view of the practical inconvenience which will result from a rigid enforce: ment of the regulations in the case of foreign teachers, it should be optional with such foreign members of the faculty to take the oath of regard to the study of! Party principles, which is required of all Government teachers, the: Ministry rules that while foreign' teachers shall not be compelled to} join such study, they should nevertheless be supplied by the school authorities with translations, of the works of the late Party Jeader '50 that they may grasp the main aims and ideals of the Party'
knowledge of which will undoubtedly enable them to better fulfill their duties as teachers in Government schools—Kuo Min.
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