§ Mr. HORE-BELISHAasked the President of the Board of Education what special arrangements have been made by teachers' training colleges to ensure that, in the event of the school-leaving age being raised in the near future to 15, an adequate supply of qualified teachers will be forthcoming?
§ Mr. MORGAN JONESMy right hon. Friend is giving the hon. Member to-day, in answer to another question, figures showing the total number of students now in training as teachers; and he is also sending him copies of answers which he gave the Noble Lady the Member for Kinross and West Perth (Duchess of Atholl) on 3rd and 6th November, showing the number of students admitted to training in the last two years. These figures show that the invitation which was extended to training colleges to admit additional students in 1929 and 1930 has met with a satisfactory response.
§ Mr. HORE-BELISHAasked the President of the Board of Education how many men and women, respectively, are at present in training as teachers in primary schools in teachers' training departments of universities and university colleges and in other training colleges; 253W and how these figures compare with those of the last three years?
Academic Year beginning in Autumn of— University Training Departments. University College Training Departments. Other Training Colleges. At Secondary Schools. Total Men. Women. Men. Women. Men. Women Men. Women. Men. Women. 1927 … … 2,372 2,587 312 312 2,729 9,165 1 8 5,414 12,072 1928 … … 2,457 2,606 324 318 2,754 9,095 1 14 5,536 12,033 1929 … … 2,571 2,538 481 440 3,077 9,388 — 9 6,129 12,375 1930 … … 2,761 2,585 642 499 3,373 9,680 1 7 6,777 12,771 The figures for 1929 and 1930 are provisional. All students who satisfactorily complete their training are eligible to teach in elementary schools, and it is not possible to distinguish those who are in training for that purpose from others.