HC Deb 01 April 1958 vol 585 c123W
Mr. Malcolm MacPherson

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland in which schools Russian is now taught, and to what levels; and what are the total numbers of pupils and teachers concerned.

Mr. Maclay

Russian is being taught to the level of the Scottish Leaving Certificate Examination (Higher or Lower paper) at Glasgow High School, Boroughmuir Secondary School, Daniel Stewart's College, George Watson's Boys' College and George Heriot's School and to "O" level in the General Certificate of Education Examination at Fettes College. The class in Glasgow High School includes pupils from five other Glasgow schools—the Academy, Hutchesons' Girls' Grammar School, St. Aloysius College, Strathbungo Senior Secondary School, and Whitehill Senior Secondary School. In all, 78 pupils are being taught by five teachers.