§ Mr. Walkerasked the Minister of Education how many children are at present attending special schools or special classes intended for children officially classified as educationally sub-normal.
§ Sir E. BoyleAbout 38,000 children were attending special schools for the educationally sub-normal in January, 1963. Statistics of those attending special classes for such children are not available.
§ Mr. Walkerasked the Minister of Education how many teachers have attended courses for the teaching of educationally sub-normal children.
§ Sir E. BoyleA total of 1,187 teachers have attended or are attending one year supplementary or special advanced courses in the teaching of handicapped pupils (other than blind, deaf or partially 135W hearing). Some of these teachers have since undertaken other work or left the profession. There are also shorter courses organised by the Ministry and by Institutes of Education and local education authorities, but the number of teachers who have attended these is not known.