§ Mr. Peter Robinsonasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much it now costs to train a teacher in each of
Stranmillis St. Mary's St. Joseph's Net recurrent expenditure 1978–79 (£000's) 1,457 608 612 Student numbers at 31 December 1978 Initial courses 917 433 354 In-Service (full-time equivalent) 164 77 67 Total 1,081 510 421 Average net cost per full-time equivalent student = £1,348 £1,192 £1,454 In addition, a tuition fee is payable to the colleges in respect of each full-time student on initial courses. This fee—which was £545 in the 1978–79 academic year—and the student maintenance grants are excluded from the average cost shown in the table.