§ Mr. James Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) what was the number of secondary school teachers required by each education authority in Scotland as at December, 1967, and December, 1968; and what was the pupil-teacher ratio;
(2) what are the numbers of secondary school teachers required by each local authority in Scotland; what is the present 32W deficit or surplus of qualified or registered secondary school staff; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. RossThe numbers of teachers in post in December 1967 and estimates by education authorities of the additional teachers that they required are given on pages 156 and 157 of "Scottish Educational Statistics 1967". More recent figures are not available. Pupil-teacher ratios for January 1968 are given below:
Education Authority Pupil/Teacher Ratio Aberdeen City … … 13.5 Dundee … … 15.9 Edinburgh … … 17.0 Glasgow … … 17.7 Aberdeenshire … … 15.0 Angus … … 16.0 Argyll … … 15.4 Ayr … … 17.6 Banff … … 15.1 Berwick … … 13.7 Bute … … 13.2 Caithness … … 16.3 Clackmannan … … 15.8 Dumfries … … 16.4 Dunbarton … … 16.9 East Lothian … … 15.9 Fife … … 15.4 Inverness … … 17.8 Kincardine … … 15.4 Kirkcudbright … … 14.2 Lanark … … 21.2 Midlothian … … 15.6 Moray and Nairn … … 17.3 Orkney … … 15.1 Peebles … … 15.9 Perth and Kinross … … 15.4 Renfrew … … 19.6 Ross and Cromarty … … 15.4 Roxburgh … … 16.3 Selkirk … … 16.3 Stirling … … 16.3 Sutherland … … 12.6 West Lothian … … 16.6 Wigtown … … 15.2 Zetland … … 15.0 All Education Authorities … … 17.1 Note:
The ratios given are of pupils to certificated teachers (including the full-time equivalent of part-time teachers) in secondary schools and departments: supply and relief teachers, visiting teachers and organisers and supervisors are not counted.
§ Mr. James Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the number of appointments of untrained teachers referred by each local authority to their respective reference panels up to the end of February, and the number disapproved by the panels.
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§ Mr. RossThe information is as follows:
Number of References Education Authority Total Withdrawn Approved Not Approved Still Under Consideration BURGHS Aberdeen … … 4 — — 4 — Dundee … … 31 2 18 4 7 Edinburgh … … 182 34 80 27 41 Glasgow … … 378 4 323 6 45 COUNTIES Aberdeen … … 38 — 6 23 9 Angus … … 1 — 1 — — Argyll … … 15 1 11 3 — Ayr … … 50 — 35 15 — Banff … … 10 2 2 2 4 Berwick … … 2 — 2 — — Bute … … 1 — 1 — — Caithness … … 2 — — 1 1 Clackmannan … 12 2 7 2 1 Dumfries … … 28 6 18 4 — Dunbarton … … 44 — 41 3 — East Lothian … … 5 — 1 — 4 Fife … … 63 6 22 20 15 Inverness … … 12 — 7 2 3 Kincardine … … 6 — 3 — 3 Kirkcudbright … 1 — 1 — — Lanark … … 213 2 140 71 — Midlothian … … 4 3 1 — — Moray and Nairn … 22 9 2 9 2 Orkney … … 11 — 11 — — Peebles … … Nil Perth and Kinross … 9 5 2 1 1 Renfrew … … 110 5 77 28 — Ross and Cromarty 17 2 12 3 — Roxburgh … … 9 — 4 — 5 Selkirk … … 5 — 4 — 1 Stirling … … 33 — 31 2 — Sutherland … … 2 — 2 — — West Lothian … 21 — 13 5 3 Wigtown … … 3 2 1 — — Zetland … … 10 2 6 — 2 Total (Scotland) … 1,354 87 885 235 147