§ 80. Mr. K. Lindsayasked the Minister of Education whether it is the custom of local education authorities, when awarding a teachers' training grant, to make a controlling regulation that teachers shall serve within the area of the authority giving the grant; and whether he is satisfied that such regulations are in the interests of a national system of education and of teachers in general.
§ Mr. TomlinsonI understand that in the past some local education authorities have stipulated that students helped by them should take teaching posts in their area, but I have no precise information as to the extent of this practice. Under the present grant system, it is no longer necessary for authorities to aid students at recognised training colleges for the purpose of meeting either tuition or boarding fees. One reason for introducing this system was to avoid the occasion for restrictions such as those suggested in the Question.