§ Mr. Barry JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many qualified teachers there are in the high schools of the local education authorities in Wales of(a) Welsh, (b) German, (c) French, (d) Spanish, (e) Italian and (f) Latin; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsProvisional estimates of the numbers of secondary school language teachers holding a post A-level main subject qualification are shown in the table:
Teachers possessing a qualification in a particular subject will not necessarily be teaching that subject. The figures are obtained from the Welsh secondary staffing survey conducted in February and March of 1989.
Subject Number of Teachers Welsh 1,100 German 300 French 1,000 Spanish 100 Italian 100 Classical Languages 200
§ Mr. Barry JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will call a conference of local education authorities' parent-teacher associations and teacher unions to consider the need to increase the number of qualified foreign language teachers in Welsh high schools; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsNo. The future pattern of demand for language teachers can be clearly determined in the light of the provisions of the national curriculum.
§ Mr. Barry JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what measures he has taken to increase the number of qualified secondary teachers of(a) Welsh, (b) German, (c) French, (d) Spanish, (e) Italian and (f) Latin; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsThe future demand for language teachers is being taken fully into account when setting the intakes to initial teacher training, in the revision of the criteria for initial teacher training courses and in planning the LEA in-service training grant scheme and education support grants.