§ Mr. Gwynfor Evansasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a statement on his policy towards giving priority to training teachers able to teach through the medium of the Welsh language and to teach Welsh as a second language.
§ Mr. PrenticeIn 1973, 499 students were taking Welsh as a main subject course in non-graduate courses of initial training. Of these about 330 were at primary level and the remainder primary/ secondary or secondary. There is no evidence of a demand for more such courses.
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§ Mr. Gwynfor Evansasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many teachers have gained qualifications to teach the Welsh language in each of the last five years.
§ Mr. ArmstrongThe certificate in education, which confers eligibility for qualified teacher status, is not granted specifically for individual subjects.
The following figures show how many teacher trainees studied Welsh to the extent indicated:
Number of students admitted to non-graduate teacher training courses with Welsh as a main subject:
Academic year beginning 1969 … 128 1970 … 137 1971 … 172 1972 … 151 1973 … 170 (provisional) Number of graduates with degrees in Welsh who successfully completed postgraduate courses of teacher training:
Academic year ending 1969 … 35 1970 … 30 1971 … 28 1972 … 34 1973 … 26 (provisional)