Teacher Training

HC Deb 19 October 1998 vol 317 cc945-6W

Mrs. Ewing

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what reviews he has initiated into teacher training in Scotland since May 1997. [55013]

Mrs. Liddell

In February this year, the Government responded to a report on teacher education and training, prepared by Sir Stewart Sutherland for the National Committee of Inquiry into Higher Education. As part of this response we set up a short term working group to look at two specific issues relating to initial teacher education in Scotland—quality assurance and arrangements for managing and developing the type and pattern of provision. I expect to receive a report from the working group within the next few months.

In March we issued for consultation revised draft guidelines for initial teacher education courses in Scotland. These guidelines set out the requirements which

Scottish Office funding to colleges in cash terms
£ million
College	1993–94	1994–95	1995–96	1996–97	1997–98	1998–99
Aberdeen College	11.804	13.126	13.591	17.406	17.310	16.393
Angus College	2.637	2.979	3.308	4.693	4.767	4.860
Anniesland College	3.520	4.415	4.292	4.947	5.099	5.238
Ayr College	4.025	4.531	4.852	5.650	5.626	5,767
Banff and Buchan College of Further Education	2.752	2.960	3.382	4.548	4.704	4.638
The Barony College	1.258	1.053	1.589	1.695	1.324	1.256
Bell College of Technology	4.887	5.576	5.937	5.217	4.762	4.478
Borders College	3.644	3.901	4.086	5.190	5.229	4.782
Cambuslang College	3.841	4,018	4.208	4.840	4.767	4.489
Cardonald College	5.530	6.213	6.304	8.479	10.700	10.252
Central College of Commerce	3.578	4.268	4.687	5.148	5.100	5.225
Clackmannan College of Further Education	2.245	2.489	2.500	3.076	2.950	2.956
Clydebank College	6.142	7.006	7.420	7.949	7.485	7.602
Coatbridge College	3.533	4.299	3.807	4.600	4.582	4.673
Cumbernauld College	2.303	2.529	2.874	4.003	3.508	3.583
Dumfries and Galloway College	4.768	5.166	5.452	6.280	6.262	5.842
Dundee College	10.471	11.405	10.911	12.929	11.785	11.592
Elmwood College	3.084	3.131	3.170	3.689	3.517	3.394
Falkirk College of Further and Higher Education	7.482	8.332	8.693	9.816	9.035	9.237
Fife College of Further and Higher Education	6.217	7.078	7.681	8.409	7.613	7.195
Glasgow College of Building and Printing	5.071	6.189	5.979	5.937	6.293	7.101
Glasgow College of Food Technology	2.939	3.491	3.802	4.240	3.760	3.776
Glasgow College of Nautical Studies	3.707	4.140	4.087	4.318	4.299	4.531
Glenrothes College	4.480	4.478	5.068	6.121	5.931	5.968
Inverness College	6.457	6.893	6.857	8.006	7.387	6.852
James Watt College of Further and Higher Education	5.032	6.189	7.759	9.757	10.464	11.810
Jewel and Esk Valley College	7.609	8.117	8.014	8.321	8.078	8.003
John Wheatley College	2.785	3.170	3.494	3.872	4.025	4.025
Kilmarnock College	4.201	4.804	5.337	6.685	7.032	7.160
Langside College	5.216	5.892	6.988	7.196	7.434	7.005
Lauder College	4.601	5.225	5.420	6.530	6.579	6.489
Lews Castle College	2.058	2.140	2.391	2.287	3.037	3.509
Moray College	4.335	4.776	5.154	6.530	6.250	5.748
Motherwell College	6.358	6.708	7.378	9.390	9.840	9.780
North Glasgow College	5.796	6.766	6.455	6.682	6.266	5.909
Oatridge Agricultural College	2.085	2.418	2.114	2.047	2.017	1.986
Perth College	5.166	5.559	5.917	7.312	6.962	6.396
Reid Kerr College	6.978	7.941	8.210	9.646	9.703	9.195
Stevenson College	9.642	10.515	10.260	11.614	13.832	13.310
Stow College	3.233	4.295	4.468	5.231	5.306	5.423
Edinburgh's Telford College	12.168	13.408	13.764	14.932	15.186	15.340
Thurso College	3.437	2.715	3.096	3.306	2.898	2.929
West Lothian College	4.795	6.254	5.324	5.475	5.096	4.938

courses must meet if they are to be approved by the Secretary of State. We have carefully considered responses to the consultation and finalised revised guidelines will be issued very shortly.