§ 32. Mr. HARRISasked the President of the Board of Education what are the total numbers of certificated teachers, uncertificated teachers, supplementary teachers, and teachers of special subjects (manual training masters and domestic science mistresses), respectively, comprising the approved teaching establishment, elementary schools, of local education authorities for the year 1927–28; and what were the comparable totals in the different groups of the approved establishment for 1924, 1925 and 1926?
The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the BOARD of EDUCATION (Duchess of Atholl)As the reply to this question is statistical in character, I will, with the hon. Member's permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Following is the reply:
§ grades of teachers is necessarily approximate, and the figures given in column (5) are, of course, estimates only. There was no formal approval of establishments prior to 1927–28.