§ Mr. Reidasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what consultations he has had with Stirling University (a) as a centre of teacher training about cut-backs in the numbers of teachers who qualify and (b) as a body involved in the awards of B.Ed. degrees to students at Callendar Park College of Education, Falkirk.
§ Mr. McElhoneMy Department had discussions last July with the university about these matters. The university was sent a copy of the consultative paper on teacher training from 1977 onwards which was issued on 17th January 1977, and has been invited, along with other interested bodies, to submit its views on it.
§ Mr. Reidasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what are the estimated costs per annum of introducing a four-year B.Ed. course as against the three-year diploma course leading to a teaching qualification in primary education.
College Teaching Qualification (Primary Education) Teaching Qualification (Secondary Education) BEd* Teaching Qualification (Further Education) Total Aberdeen … … … 484 372 200 — 1,056 Callender Park … … … 359 — 29 — 388 Craigie … … … 362 — 33 … 395 Craiglockhart … … … 224 28 — — 252 Dundee … … … 334 207 85 — 626 Dunfermline … … … — 43 502 — 545 Hamilton … … … 560 50 76 — 686 Jordanhill … … … 915 1,206 220 211 2,552 Moray House … … … 709 622 256 — 1,587 Notre Dame … … … 714 195 174 — 1,083 Total … … … 4,661 2,723 1,575 211 9,170 * BEd courses lead to the award of a Teaching Qualification (Primary Education) or a Teaching Qualification (Secondary Education) or both.