HC Deb 29 November 1951 vol 494 cc1695-6
16. Mr. Dryden Brook

asked the Minister of Education the numbers of students who took the science group of subjects at scholarship level in the last General Certificate Examination; the number of those who took the arts group at the same level; and what numbers were awarded State scholarships in each group.

Miss Horsbrugh

One thousand eight hundred and fifty State scholarships were awarded this year on students' work in the examination for the General Certificate. Nine hundred and seventy-one of these awards were made to students taking science subjects and 879 to students taking arts subjects. Information about entries in the different subjects at scholarship level in the General Certificate of Education will not be available until early in the New Year.

Mr. Brook

Is the right hon. Lady satisfied that the standard of marking gives an equitable distribution of scholarships as between the two groups?

Miss Horsbrugh

I should not like to answer that without going more fully into the facts. We shall not have the results of the General Certificate Examination until the New Year.