§ Sir E. Graham-Littleasked the President of the Board of Education what is to be the status of the 70,000 recruits whom he proposes to employ as teachers after one year's training and without having passed any examination; whether they will rank as certificated or uncertificated teachers; whether they will be subjected to the Burnham scales of remuneration and in what class; at what date does he propose to introduce them to the schools and whether at once or at graded intervals in batches.
§ Mr. ButlerI assume that the hon. Member is referring to the proposed emergency scheme for the training of men and women on release from the Forces and from other forms of National Service. It is not possible at this stage to give any estimate of the number who will be trained under this scheme or to indicate the dates at which they will enter the schools, as these will depend on the number of suitable applicants and the dates at which they are released from war service. The status of these teachers will be equivalent to that now described by the term "Certificated Teacher". Their salaries will fall for consideration by the Burnham Committee.