§ 10. Mr. Adam Hunterasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what percentage of male students failed to complete their courses at Scotland's universities in each of the last three years.
§ Mr. MillanThis information is not available; the latest information on student failure for British universities as a whole is given in paragraphs 80–85 of the Report on University Development 1957 to 1962, Cmnd. 2247.
§ Mr. HunterI am sorry that my hon. Friend cannot give this information. Would not he agree that had the non-graduate teaching courses for men, as now proposed by my right hon. Friend, been in operation for the previous months, this would have helped to improve teacher supply in Scotland, particularly when we think of the failures in universities who might have opted for these courses?
§ Mr. MillanYes, Sir, but I would not like to think that the people who are to come into the colleges of education will be looked on merely as failed university students. I agree with the first part of my hon. Friend's question that these new proposals will improve teacher supply.