§ Mr. FranksTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many students were recruited to courses of initial teacher training in 1988.
§ Mr. Kenneth BakerA survey undertaken by my Department shows that 20,183 students entered courses of initial teacher training in 1988, an increase of 1,003 over 1987, and an improvement of 3,294 over 1986. Recruitment to primary courses is 12 per cent. higher than last year, while intakes to secondary training are 97 per cent. of the very high levels achieved last year. Recruitment to the shortage subjects is higher than 1987 in CDT, business studies and modern languages, but lower in maths, physics and chemistry.
I am placing in the Library the principal results of the survey.