§ 37. Mr. LUNNasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education how many student teachers who left training colleges in July last were without an available position to go to as teachers in schools?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the BOARD of EDUCATION (Mr. Ramsbotham)According to the returns received from the training colleges and university training departments, of the 8,604 students who left in July last, 6,889 were reported, as at 31st December last, as having obtained teaching posts, and 1,450 had not then secured employment as teachers. In the case of the remaining 265 no information is available, but it can be assumed that some of these have, in fact, secured employment.
Viscountess ASTORWould not this be a good time for the Government to reduce the size of classes and in that way find employment for these unemployed teachers?