§ 67. Mr. Jannerasked the Minister of Education whether, in view of the shortage of teachers, he will consider reviving the emergency one-year training scheme; to what extent he proposes to help local authorities to expand existing training colleges; and whether he will consider sending round recruiting teams to sixth forms and universities, as industry does at present.
§ Mr. Geoffrey LloydThe answer to the first part of the Question is "No", since suitable older students can qualify in one year already. As regards the second part, I have nothing to add to the Answer I gave my hon. Friend the Member for Hertfordshire, South-West (Mr. G. Long-den) on 12th June. As regards the third118W part, I will bear in mind the hon. Member's suggestion that special efforts should be made to interest university graduates in teaching, but there is not in fact any shortage of candidates from sixth forms seeking admission to training colleges.