38. Mr. Harveyasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education how many persons are engaged in full-time teaching of handicraft in secondary schools in England and Wales; and how many of these are graduates holding the City and Guilds of London Institute certificate in woodwork and metalwork?
Mr. LindsayThe number of persons engaged on 31st March, 1936, in full-time teaching of handicraft in grant-earning secondary schools in England and Wales was 304, of whom six were graduates holding the City and Guilds of London Institute Certificate in woodwork and metalwork.
39. Mr. Harveyasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education how many non-graduate teachers of handicraft in secondary schools in England and Wales hold the qualifications set out in the Board of Education's Administrative Memorandum No. 163, issued on 31st March, 1937, which entitle them to be placed on the graduate scale?
Mr. LindsaySo far as I have information there are at present no non-graduate teachers of handicraft in secondary schools in England and Wales who hold 1468 the qualifications prescribed in the recent amendment by the Burnham Committee, and communicated in the Board's Administrative Memorandum No. 163, as entitling such teachers to be placed on the graduate scale. I may add that arrangements are being made for further consultation with the Burnham Committee on the matter.
Mr. HarveyHas the Board of Education considered that the reason why there are no such teachers may be partly due to having no one-year course recognised by the Board for handicraft?