§ Mr. Albuasked the Minister of Education how many of the present first-year students in each subject for the Diploma in Technology qualified for entry by the General Certificate of Education; and how many by possessing an Ordinary National Certificate.
§ Sir D. EcclesOf the 1,526 first-year students, 1,032 qualified by the General Certificate of Education and 463 by the Ordinary National Certificate. The remaining 31 students had other equivalent qualifications.
The details are shown in the following table:
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§ Mr. Albuasked the Minister of Education if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT the number of students in each of the years of the courses for the Diploma in Technology, distinguishing the subjects of their courses.
NUMBER OF COURSES LEADING TO THE DIPLOMA IN TECHNOLOGY AND OF STUDENTS (JANUARY, 1960) — Number of Courses Number of Students Full time Sandwich 1st year 2nd year 3rd year 4th year Total Aeronautical Engineering — 6 59 87 17 — 163 Applied Biology — 2 25 21 5 — 51 *Applied Biochemistry 1 — 5 9 — — 14 *Applied Pharmacology 1 — — — — — — Applied Chemistry 2 11 163 113 52 31 359 Chemical Technology Industrial Chemistry 2 11 163 113 52 31 359 Building — 1 15 9 — — 24 Chemical Engineering 2 3 55 39 16 2 112 Civil Engineering 3 3 78 24 — — 102 Electrical Engineering 2 13 425 364 245 125 1,159 Instrument and Control Engineering — 1 9 9 8 — 26 Mathematics 1 6 62 36 13 — 111 Mechanical and Production Engineering 1 13 444 343 226 114 1,127 Metallurgy 1 3 37 30 30 20 117 Physics 1 9 143 114 73 45 375 Naval Architecture — 1 6 — — — 6 Totals 15 72 1,526 1,198 685 337 3,746 * The first two years of these courses are common.