§ 42. Mr. TINKERasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education if he will give the figures for each of the last five years of the number of entrants for the Board of Education elementary school-teacher's certificate examination, and the number of successful candidates?
§ Mr. WOMERSLEYI have been asked to reply. The Board of Education's certificate examination for teachers in elementary schools was discontinued in 1926. The final examination for students in 2585 training colleges was held by the Board for the last time in 1929. Since that date it has been conducted by joint examining boards consisting of representatives of training colleges, universities and other bodies. The number of entrants for these examinations and of successful candidates during each of the last five years will be found in Table 92 of the Board's Annual Report and Statistics [Cmd. 4364.]