§ 38. Mr. George Thomasasked the Minister of Education, how many unqualified teachers in Wales have been accepted for training this year under the Emergency 1632 Training Scheme for Teachers; how many temporary unqualified teachers have been appointed in Wales this year; and how many local education authorities have declined to appoint these temporary unqualified teachers.
The Minister of Education (Mr. Tomlin-son)The answer to the second part of the Question is that since the beginning of this year, about 19 men and 55 women have been appointed to schools in Wales as temporary teachers. Of these, 17 men and three women are candidates awaiting admission to emergency training colleges. I regret that the information asked for in the first and third parts of the Question cannot readily be made available.
§ Mr. ThomasMay I ask my right hon. Friend if he is aware that there is considerable dissatisfaction on the part of the unqualified teachers of Wales, who have rendered very good service through the years and are now being left in the classrooms, when new entrants to the profession are being given the opportunity for training for one year and entering at a salary at least £100 a year, in some cases, above that of the unqualified teachers?
§ Mr. TomlinsonI did not know of that; I will look into it.
§ Mrs. Leah ManningDoes my right hon. Friend remember that the unqualified teachers were told that they must wait in the schools until such time as there was a bigger supply of teachers coming into the Scheme so that they could have their chance; and has he not told us that that bigger supply of teachers for the Emergency Training Scheme is coming in, and will he carry out his promise to the unqualified teachers?
§ Mr. TomlinsonYes, I have been doing it as quickly as I could.