§ 1. Mr. Albuasked the Minister of Education if he will state the number of students in the first and second years, respectively, of courses for the Diploma
NUMBER OF COURSES LEADING TO THE DIPLOMA IN TECHNOLOGY AND OF STUDENTS Subject No. of courses No. of students Fulltime Sandwich 1st year 2nd year 3rd year 4th year Total Aeronautical Engineering — 2 25 — — — 25 Applied Biology — 1 6 — — — 6 Applied Chemistry 1 6 69 46 9 — 124 Chemical Technology Industrial Chemistry Chemical Engineering 1 1 9 2 — — 11 Civil Engineering 1 — 5 7 — — 12 Electrical Engineering 1 7 235 151 72 40 498 Mechanical and Production Engineering 1 8 254 142 45 — 441 Metallurgy 1 2 34 35 6 — 75 Mathematics — 2 18 — — — 18 Physics 1 4 81 49 20 — 150 7 33 736 432 152 40 1,360 NOTE: The third and fourth year students are taking courses which were recognised retrospectively. Nearly all students taking "sandwich" courses are works-based but exact figures are not available.