Engineering and Science Students (Examinations)

HC Deb 12 December 1956 vol 562 cc63-5W

Mr. Skeffington

asked the Minister of Education how many students in 1955–56 in all types of courses in science, engineering and craft subjects were in courses leading to university degrees, diplomas, professional qualifications, higher national certificates, (ordinary) national certificates,

craft students separately from other kinds of engineering students.

and City and Guilds certificates, respectively and how the figures compare with 1954–55 and 1953–54.

Sir D. Eccles

In grant aided establishments of further education (other than art establishments and evening institutes) the number of engineering and science students recorded as studying for examinations in 1954–55 was as follows:

	Engineering (including craft)	Science
	Full time	Part-time day	Full time	Part-time day
University degrees (including preliminary)	1,209	1,128	2,279	5,184
National certificates (including Diplomas H.N.C. and H.N.D.)	2,229	68,115	74	10,829
City and Guilds	185	43,184	—	444
General Certificate of Education	—	22	798	2,189
Other examinations, including professional and college	2,199	3,432	500	2,073

These figures were analysed for the first time in 1954–55, and comparable figures for 1955–56 are not yet available. I do not receive figures of the number of evening students sitting for these examinations.