HC Deb 24 May 1946 vol 423 cc117-8W
Mr. Callaghan

asked the Minister of Education whether further consideration has been given to the question of Soviet studies in school examinations as promised in Circular 81; and whether she has been in touch with the Soviet Minister for Higher Schools to effect an exchange of students and teachers.

Miss Wilkinson

The place of Russian in the syllabuses of secondary school examinations will be a question for consideration by the Secondary School Examinations Council which is being reconstituted. In reply to the second half of the Question, I understand that an official invitation was extended last September to the Soviet Authorities to send a delegation to this country to work out a scheme for such an exchange. I hope that this invitation, which has recently been renewed, will soon receive a favourable reply.