HC Deb 19 March 1958 vol 584 c154W
Mr. Malcolm MacPherson

asked the Minister of Education what inquiry he is making into the proportions of passes and failures in national certificate courses.

Mr. Geoffrey Lloyd

The Central Advisory Council for Education (England) has, at my Department's request, extended a survey of some 9,000 National Certificate students which was conducted in 1956 to cover the subsequent performance of these students and so to ascertain the extent and nature of wastage during National Certificate courses.