§ MR. FLOWER (Bradford, TV.)I beg to ask the Vice-President of the Committee of Council on Education whether he can give a Return of the number of pupil teachers and probationers attending pupil teachers' centres, showing how many such pupil teachers and probationers are actually on the staff of elementary schools.
§ THE VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE COMMITTEE OF COUNCIL ON EDUCATION (Sir J. GORST,) Cambridge UniversityNo, Sir. It is impossible to discover 810 from the records of the Board of Education how many of the persons who are called pupil teachers and probationers in pupil teachers' centres are actually employed in public elementary schools; but it appears that a good many are not even nominally on the staff of any public elementary school.
§ MR. FLOWERI beg to ask the Vice-President of the Committee of Council on Education whether he can give a Return showing how many pupils trained in pupil teachers' centres drop the profession immediately after leaving the centre, and after one year's service.
§ SIR J. GORSTNo. There are no records kept by which the number of teachers trained at the public expense who do not remain in the profession can be ascertained.