§ Mr. Mylesasked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he has taken a decision on the arrangements for intake to teacher training courses at Scottish colleges of education in session 1983–84; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. YoungerI have decided that the total intake to pre-service teacher training courses in session 1983–84 should be 480 for the primary diploma course, 100 for the primary postgraduate course and 875 for secondary courses. In reaching these decisions I have taken into account views expressed by the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities, the General Teaching Council for Scotland and the Joint Committee of Colleges of Education in Scotland on a consultative paper which my Department issued to them in December; and I have taken510W account also of education authorities' forecasts of secondary school staffing vacancies for session 1984–85 and of views expressed by individual colleges of education.
I am now seeking the comments of the governing body of each college on proposed quotas within the overall levels mentioned above, as in the following table:
Primary intake Secondary intake College Proposed diploma course quotas Proposed post-graduate course quotas Proposed quotas Aberdeen 74 18 95 Craigie 55 12 — Dundee 40 10 60 Dunfermline — — 45 Jordanhill 120 22 370 Moray House 95 18 165 St. Andrew's 95 20 140 TOTAL 480 100 875 I am asking the colleges, when allocating places for training in secondary subjects in session 1983–84, to give priority to students applying for admission to courses leading to a teaching qualification (secondary education) in business studies, English, home economics, mathematics, physics and religious education, and I am advising the colleges that about 50 per cent. of the total secondary intake should be in these subjects. I am asking each college to consult the education authorities that it mainly serves in order to ensure that the numbers admitted both in individual priority subjects and in other subjects appropriately reflect regional needs.