§ SIR WILLIAM ANSONI beg to ask the President of the Board of Education, whether he has considered the probable effect upon the secondary training colleges of the proposed abolition of the Register, and the consequent withdrawal of the inducement which the Register offered to those who intend to teach in secondary schools to undergo a course of training for their profession; and whether he proposes to take any steps to encourage such training.
§ MR. BIRRELLThe Board of Education have considered what effects the proposed abolition of the Register is likely to have upon the existing schemes of training for secondary school teachers, and they are proposing to take steps which they believe will be effective in encouraging the continuance and further development of such schemes.
§ SIR WILLIAM ANSONasked whether the right hon. Gentleman was aware that the entries both for secondary training colleges and diplomas were already diminished in number in consequence of the proposal.
§ MR. BIRRELLI was not aware of that fact.