Emergency-Trained Teachers

HC Deb 10 March 1949 vol 462 cc1368-9

10. Mr. Skeffington

asked the Minister of Education how many teachers trained under the emergency training scheme have since resigned and how many have not been found satisfactory during the probationary period, respectively.

Mr. Tomlinson

I regret that the answer to the first part of the Question is not available. Of the emergency-trained teachers who have completed their period of two years' probationary service in the schools, only one has so far failed to do so satisfactorily.

Mr. A. Edward Davies

Is my right hon. Friend satisfied with the arrangements for supervising the emergency training of teachers during the probationary period, and will he say what arrangements are in existence as there is some apprehension among local authorities?

Mr. Tomlinson

It is for the local authorities themselves to make arrangements, so that any misapprehension they may have is due to their own inability to meet the requirements.