§ Mr. Leonardasked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will state the number of education committees who provide facilities for physical instruction in their evening-class curriculum; and if such instruction is given by part-time or whole-time instructors?
§ Mr. ColvilleDuring the session 1938-39, all Education Authorities in Scotland, 35 in number, provided for physical instruction in evening continuation classes. Many of the physical training instructors employed in evening classes are also employed as full-time physical training instructors during the day.
§ Mr. Leonardasked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will state the number of children in Scottish schools who receive physical exercise, and of that number, those who receive instruction from fully-qualified physical training instructors; and the number of such qualified instructors employed by education committees?
§ Mr. ColvilleThe Day Schools Code provides that all pupils in grant-aided schools shall receive adequate physical exercises. The number of such pupils at 31st July, 1938, was 780,985. It is not 241W possible to separate the number of pupils who are taught directly by specialist physical training instructors from those who are taught by class teachers under the guidance and supervision of specialists, but it is the Department's policy that pupils in post-primary schools should be taught by fully qualified instructors. The number of specialist teachers employed by education authorities at the date mentioned was 603.