HC Deb 29 March 1923 vol 162 cc737-8W
Mr. LUNN

asked the President of the Board of Education, whether the Departmental Committee on the Training of Teachers has now been constituted; and whether he can announce the terms of reference and the names of the members?

Mr. WOOD

I have appointed the following to be a Departmental Committee to review the arrangements for the training of teachers for public elementary schools and to consider what changes, if any, in the organisation or finance of the existing system are desirable in order that a supply of well qualified teachers adjustable to the demands of the schools may be secured, regard being had to—

  1. (a) the economy of public funds;
  2. (b) the attractions offered to young persons by the teaching profession as compared with other professions and occupations:
  3. (c) the facilities afforded by secondary schools and universities for acquiring academic qualifications.

The Right Hon. Viscount Burnham, C.H. (Chairman).

Alderman F. Askew, J.P.

Dr. Ernest Barker.

Miss E. R. Conway.

Miss Grace Fanner.

Sir John Gilbert, K.B.E.

Miss Freda Hawtrey.

Mr. Spurley Hey.

Mr. R. Holland.

Alderman P. R. Jackson, J.P.

Dame Margaret Lloyd George, D.B.E.

Mr. Frank Roscoe.

Mr. E. J. Sainsbury, O.B.E.

Professor Helen Wodehouse.

With Mr. E. K. Chambers, C.B., Mr. H. Ward, Miss A. E. Wark (of the Board of Education).

Mr. A. W. Hurst (of the Treasury) and Mr. H. E. Mann as Secretary (Board of Education, Whitehall).