§ 41. Mr. HARRISasked the President of the Board of Education what is the number of men and women teachers, respectively, in elementary schools who are in possession of a University degree; and what proportions of the total numbers of men and women teachers in these schools do these numbers, respectively, represent?
§ Lord E. PERCYAccording to the latest information in my possession, which refers to the date 31st March. 1921, the number of teachers in public elementary schools who stated that they held University degrees was 1,227 men and 685 women, representing, respectively, 3.2 per cent. of the men teachers and .53 per cent. of the women teachers.
§ Major CRAWFURDWill the Noble Lord bear in mind the extreme importance
| — | Number of Schools. | Number of students who attended at any time during the year. | |||||
| Boys. | Girls. | Total. | |||||
| London | … | … | … | 20 | 5,454 | 5,561 | 11,015 |
| County Boroughs | … | … | … | 29 | 4,452 | 4,633 | 9,085 |
| Boroughs | … | … | … | 10 | 742 | 173 | 915 |
| Urban Districts | … | … | … | 14 | 891 | 550 | 1,441 |
| Other parts of Counties | … | … | … | 1 | 19 | — | 19 |
| 74 | 11,558 | 10,917 | 22,475 |
§ of increasing this extraordinary small percentage?
§ Lord E. PERCYI shall certainly bear it in mind.
§ Mr. CAMPBELLCan the Noble Lord tell us the proportion of these with degrees in the London service?
§ Lord E. PERCYNo, I do not think I can. I must ask for notice of that.