§ 64. Mr. K. Lindsayasked the Minister of Education what steps he has taken to encourage exchange of teachers within the Commonwealth and in other countries overseas, both in U.S.A. and Europe; and what action he has taken to encourage secondment of teachers for overseas service.
§ Mr. TomlinsonMy Department cooperates closely with the two bodies responsible for interchanges with countries in the Commonwealth and the United States of America, namely, the League of the Empire and the Interchange Committee of the English Speaking Union. Both these bodies receive grants in aid of their expenses. The exchange of full-time teachers with European countries has not been found practicable since the war but I am anxious to see such exchanges established, and this is one of the matters which is being considered under the cultural conventions between the United Kingdom and certain other countries. I am sending the hon. Member a copy of a circular which was recently issued by the Ministry on the subject of the secondment of teachers for overseas service.