§ Mr. William Rossasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what is the pupil-teacher ratio in (a) primary schools, (b) intermediate schools, (c) grammar schools and (d) technical schools in (i) the voluntary sector, (ii) the maintained sector and (iii) the controlled sector in Northern Ireland and in each education and library board area; and what it was in each category five and 10 years ago.
§ Mr. ScottThe available information is as follows:
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Type of school Belfast Western North-Eastern South-Eastern Southern Northern Ireland 1974 1978 1983 1974 1978 1983 1974 1978 1983 1974 1978 1983 1974 7978 1983 1974 7978 1983 Total 17.7 17.1 16.0 17.6 17.6 16.3 18.2 17.3 16.2 18.6 18.2 17.3 16.7 16.3 15.9 17.7 17.3 16.3 Total (Secondary) 17.2 15.6 14.9 17.9 16.7 15.6 18.5 16.4 15.6 18.4 16.6 16.0 17.9 16.4 15.6 17.9 16.2. 15.5 Notes: (1) Comparable statistics for 1974 are not available as Education and Library Boards took over responsibility for the local administration of education services from October 1973.
(2) The 1974 and 1978 figures are calculated on the basis of full-time pupils and teachers only; the 1983 figures take account of part-time pupils and teachers and are therefore not directly comparable.
There are no technical schools, and comparable information is not available in relation to further education colleges.