§ Mr. Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what facilities exist for the training of teachers doing work in central institutions and other technical education institutions; and what proposals he has in mind for extending such facilities.
§ Mr. J. StuartThe staff of central institutions who give instruction, similar to that given at universities, to adult students at advanced levels are not required to have trained as teachers. For36W persons engaged in technical instruction at all other levels courses are provided at the training colleges in mathematics, science, economics and engineering leading to the Teacher's Special Certificate and in commercial subjects, music, art, domestic subjects, engineering and handwork leading to the Teacher's Technical Certificate. For persons engaged in teaching certain branches of commerce or trades (bricklaying, carpentry, etc.) special courses are held at Jordanhill College, Glasgow, leading also to the Teacher's Technical Certificate.
In addition part-time courses in teaching methods are provided during holidays and at weekends for persons already engaged in further education. Some courses of this kind have been run in close association with H.M. inspectors of schools for technical subjects who are paying special attention to the development of facilities for training for further education. The National Committee for the Training of Teachers are willing to promote other courses as need arises, and I have urged education authorities to arrange for further opportunities of training to be provided for their staffs, either in conjunction with the training colleges, or at their own hand.