§ Sir E. Graham-Littleasked the Minister of Education how many recruits under the emergency scheme have already been admitted to teach in the secondary schools under the Education Act; how many students are at present undergoing such training; what is the current average number of pupils in a class at secondary schools; in how many instances it has been found necessary to prolong the period of emergency training beyond the single year hitherto scheduled as sufficient to admit the trainee to the status of qualified teacher; and what is the present proportion in the new secondary schools of graduate teachers.
§ Miss WilkinsonThe number of students who have so far completed an emergency course of training is18, but I cannot yet say to what posts they have been appointed. The number of students at present undergoing emergency training is 360. The latest figures available for the average number of pupils in a class relate to the last year before the war. In that year the average number of pupils per class in Secondary Schools was 23.7 and in Senior Departments of Elementary Schools 33.7. Ten students under the emergency training scheme have so far been referred for further training beyond the one year course. No recent figures are available showing the proportion of graduate teachers in secondary schools. In the last year before the war, however, the percentage in Secondary Schools was 78.4 and in Eelementary Schools 7.1. The overall percentage for Secondary and Elementary Schools was 16.4.