§ Mr. Willeyasked the Minister of Education if he will state the numbers of students receiving grants from public funds which have been prematurely terminated at teacher training colleges, and the proportion of the numbers of such students for each of the past five years.
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§ Sir D. EcclesThe numbers of all students who prematurely terminated courses of teacher training and the proportion of these to the total number in training were:
Year Number of students whose courses were prematurely terminated Total number of students in teacher training (2) as a percentage of (3) (1) (2) (3) (4) 1957 576 28,689 2.0 1958 668 30,295 2.2 1959 688 32,272 2.1 1960 734 34,863 2.1 1961 1,092 37,001 3.0 Separate figures are not immediately available of students not on grant, but the proportion of these to all students was about 1.5 per cent. in 1960. The figures include students training in university departments of education.