§ Mr. Willisasked the Minister of Education the number of classes and students under adult education regulations each year from 1938 to date.
§ Miss WilkinsonThe following table gives the number of courses and classes recognised under the Adult Education Regulations during the period in question:
Session Courses 1938–39 3,040 1939–40 2,835 1940–41 2,656 1941–42 3,129 1942–43 3,769 1943–44 4,217 1944–45 4,311 Figures for the current sessions are not yet available but a provisional estimate suggests that some 5,600 courses may be recognised. I regret that during the war it was not possible to extract statistics showing the number of students attending these courses. In the session 1937–38 the average number of students per course was 18.8