§ Mr. WillisTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list for 1998–99 the current number of applicants for(a) primary and (b) secondary teacher training courses including PGCE by (i) gender, (ii) age and (iii) subject. [69902]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisAs at 6 February 1999, the current number of postgraduate applicants to primary and secondary PGCE courses is as follows:
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Current applicants to postgraduate initial teacher training courses, by gender, phase and subject, in England and Wales, academic year of entry 1999–2000 As at 6 February 1999 Male Female Primary1 1,992 9,702 Secondary Mathematics 223 228 English 343 1,114 Science 392 580 Languages 144 656 Technology 183 187 History 500 526 Geography 210 279 Physical education 589 502
Current applicants to postgraduate initial teacher training courses, by gender, phase and subject, in England and Wales, academic year of entry 1999–2000 As at 6 February 1999 Male Female Art 124 373 Music 90 178 Religious education 91 244 Other 104 165 Total secondary 2,993 5,032 Overall total 4,985 14,734 1 GTTR have set a deadline on 1999–2000 primary applications of 15 December 1998. Applications received after this date will be considered if the institution still has vacancies for the named course. Note:
Age of applicant is not available
Source:
Graduate Teacher Training Registry (GTTR)
At the corresponding date in 1998, secondary applicants to 1998–99 PGCE courses made up about half of the final number of secondary postgraduate applicants. Over the last three years there has been a trend for postgraduate applications increasingly to be made later in the year.
Information is not available about applicants to undergraduate ITT, but the following table gives information about applications as at 5 February 1999. Undergraduate applicants can make up to six applications.
Current applications1 to undergraduate initial teacher training courses, by gender, phase and subject, in England and Wales, academic year of entry 1999–2000 As at 5 February 1999 Male Female Primary 7,867 48,458 Secondary Mathematics 102 145 English 22 98 Science 115 156 Languages 7 22 Technology 436 290 History 0 0 Geography 7 17 Physical education 2,767 2,613 Art 22 64 Music 14 6 Religious education 3 15 Other 578 553 Total secondary 4,073 3,979 Overall total 11,940 52,437 1 UCAS count up to six applications per applicant. Source:
Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS)
§ Mr. Jim CunninghamTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will develop fast track PGCE qualifications for British teachers who have taught with non-PGCE qualifications abroad. [73199]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisThe new employment-based training routes—the Graduate and Registered Teacher Programmes—which began last year, enable trainees to work as teachers at the same time as following an approved training programme designed to enable them to gain Qualified Teacher Status. In the case of people with 589W relevant teaching experience, which can include experience overseas, graduates can gain Qualified Teacher Status in as little as three months.