§ Mr. MACLEANasked the President of the Board of Education the number of teachers, male and female, respectively, who passed the Board of Education certificate examination in 1912 and in each succeeding year to and including 1928; and the number of students, male and female, respectively, in training colleges who are studying to qualify for the certificate examination in 1929.
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Duchess of ATHOLLThe appended table shows in columns 2 and 3 the number of men and women students, respectively, in recognised training colleges who passed the Board's (or an approved alternative) Examination and were recognised as certificated teachers
Year. The Board's Final Examination for Training Colleges or its approved equivalent. The Board's Acting Teachers' Certificate Examination. Men. Women. Men. Women. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 1912 … … … 1,632 3,603 282 732 1913 … … … 1,716 3,456 212 607 1914 … … … 1,682 3,286 123 423 1915 … … … Separate figures for Men and Women are not available for these years. 59 386 1916 … … … Separate figures for Men and Women are not available for these years. 23 388 1917 … … … Separate figures for Men and Women are not available for these years. 38 346 1918 … … … Separate figures for Men and Women are not available for these years. 47 313 1919 … … … Separate figures for Men and Women are not available for these years. 104 359 1920 … … … 736 3,817 138 402 1921 … … … 2,011 3,895 107 418 1922 … … … 1,887 3,979 123 264 1923 … … … 2,253 4,496 29* 1* 1924 … … … 1,443 4,235 216 429 1925 … … … 1,501 4,436 — — 1926 … … … 1,536 4,238 214 685 1927 … … … 1,700† 4,730† — — * Special Examination for Ex-Service teachers only. † In this year the Board accorded recognition to all students who completed approved courses satisfactorily; in previous years students who completed courses of training for secondary schools were not recognised unless they applied for such recognition. The new procedure accounts for an increase of about 500. As regards the last part of the question, the estimated maximum number of students at present in training who may take, in 1929, a Final Examination qualifying them for recognition as certificated teachers is as follows:—
Men. Women. University Training Departments 666 802 Training Colleges provided by Local Education Authorities 263 1,552 Training Colleges provided by other bodies 981 2,268 In addition, it is estimated that there will be admitted to one-year courses of training in September, 1928, about 150 men and 350 women students who may take in 1929 an examination qualifying them for recognition as Certificated Teachers in that year.
58Wfor the first time during the years 1912–1927 inclusive; and in columns 4 and 5 the number of candidates who passed the Board's Acting Teachers' Certificate Examination. The latter examination was not held in 1925, and was held for the last time in 1926.