§ 84. Mr. G. Thomasasked the Minister of Education to state the estimated shortage of qualified women teachers of the deaf; and how many are being trained at the present time.
§ Mr. TomlinsonThe overall shortage of qualified teachers of the deaf on the basis of a maximum of 10 pupils in a class is about 150, of whom women would number about half. This figure includes about 80 posts at present held by teachers preparing to take the deaf teachers' diploma externally. In addition, there are 63 students, including 20 women, in training for the teaching of the deaf at Manchester University.