HC Deb 27 October 1960 vol 627 c2553
8. Captain Pilkington

asked the Minister of Education from which organisations he has invited nominations for the National Council for the Supply of Teachers Overseas.

Sir D. Eccles

Nominations were invited from associations representing teachers and their employers in the United Kingdom and from a number of bodies, including the churches, which are concerned with oversea recruitment. The constitution of the Council is set out in my Department's Circular No. 10/60, of which I am sending the hon. Member a copy.

Captain Pilkington

In view of the fact that the National Association of Schoolmasters is the second biggest organising body of teachers in this country, should not it have been asked, too?

Sir D. Eccles

No, I do not think so, because the overseas demand is for teachers to teach in secondary schools and technical colleges, and so on. Demand is all for grammar school teachers and graduate teachers. If my hon. and gallant Friend will look at the composition of the Committee, he will see that the N.U.T., which has 180,000 members, is given only two places out of 12.