§ 6. Mr. Swinglerasked the Minister of Education in view of the need for more teachers to reduce the size of classes and of the increasing number of applications to enter training colleges, what steps he is taking to enlarge teachers' training establishments.
§ Sir D. EcclesHaving regard to the expected changes in the school population, it would not be wise to expand the provision for teacher training. My policy is to fill the training colleges with the best available candidates, and to continue to add some six or seven thousand to the number of teachers in service each year.