Order of Merit
Last updated: Mon, Sep 18th, 2017 1:36:29 pm
The Selection Board must submit a report to the Board of Management indicating the "Order of Merit" of those applicants considered suitable for appointment. A sample template of such report is attached below.
The Board of Management "shall have regard to the order of merit settled by the Selection Committee and shall make appointments in accordance therewith" [Deed of Trust, Articles of Management, 7A (c) (v)]. This in effect means that the Board should appoint the person named as first in the order of merit. If the Board decides there is good and sufficient reason for not accepting the order of merit, the matter must be referred to the Minister for Education and Skills for determination.
If the first person in the order of merit, having been offered the appointment by the Board, declines to accept the appointment, the Board may then offer the appointment to the second person in the order of merit and thus continue the process until the post is accepted. If the order of merit is exhausted without anyone accepting the post, then the post must be re-advertised.
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