§ 44. Mr. Skinnardasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies why the Trinidad Finance Committee have recommended the suspension of work on the teachers training college; what are the existing facilities for training teachers in Trinidad; and whether he is satisfied that they are adequate.
Mr. McNeilWork on the Central Teachers Training Institute, which was designed to supply annually 150 trained teachers, has been suspended, owing to lack of funds to meet the heavy increased cost of building. The possibility of using the buildings already constructed is under consideration. There are at present three teachers training colleges in the Colony, from which there will be an annual output of 158 teachers at the end of 1948. As these three colleges were to be closed as soon as the new institute opened, there will be no reduction in the number of trained teachers available, but the other benefits expected from the new institute will be lost.