HC Deb 09 February 1959 vol 599 cc165-6W
Sir J. Henderson-Stewart

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what will be the next remit of the Advisory Council on Education in Scotland; and what changes he has made in the composition of the Council.

Mr. Maclay

I am giving the Council the following remit:

  1. (i) To review the methods of transferring pupils from primary to secondary education having regard both to the work of the final stages of the primary school and also to the possible forms of secondary school organisation; and
  2. (ii) to consider the structure of secondary education at the stage beyond the level of the proposed ordinary grade of the Scottish Leav-

Mr. H. Brooke

The information asked for is given in the following table:

ing Certificate, with special reference to the form which the Certificate should take at that stage;

and to make recommendations.

No changes have been made in the composition of the Council except to replace Mr. C. A. C. de Boinville and Mrs. L. P. Cameron Head who have resigned.

The membership of the Council is as follows:

  • Principal T. M. Knox, M.A., LL.D. (Chairman);
  • Sir James J. Robertson, O.B.E., M.A., B.D., LL.D. (Vice-Chairman);
  • Miss B. Harvie Anderson, O.B.E.;
  • Sir David S. Anderson, B.Sc., Ph.D.:
  • H. Bell, Esq., O.B.E., M.A., Ed.B.;
  • James Craigie, Esq., M.A., Ph.D.;
  • Frank Donachy, Esq.;
  • *R. J. Elles, Esq.;
  • Myer Galpern, Esq.;
  • W. B. Inglis, Esq., O.B.E., M.A., Ed.B., Ph.D.;
  • Douglas M. McIntosh, Esq., M.A., B.Sc., B.Ed., Ph.D.;
  • *Mrs. C. P. Rutherford, M.A.;
  • James W. Scholes, Esq., M.B.E.;
  • Professor Michael Swann, M.A., Ph.D.

(* new members)

For the consideration of this remit I have directed the Council, in accordance with the provisions of the Education (Scotland) Advisory Council Order, 1942, to appoint a special committee and have nominated as members of that committee the members of the Council together with the following:

  • W. McL. Dewar, Esq., O.B.E., M.A.:
  • John Hutcheson, Esq., M.A.;
  • W. Kerr, Esq., M.A., B.Sc.;
  • J. S. McEwan, Esq., M.A., LL.B.;
  • James Murray, Esq., M.A.;
  • Professor Robert A. Rankin, M.A., Ph.D.;
  • Miss Mary D. Steel, B.Sc.;
  • Professor William Witte, M.A., Ph.D., Dr.rerpol (Breslau).