§ Mr. Swinglerasked the Minister of Education if he will publish a table of figures showing, for 1958, 1959, and 1960, respectively, the number of secondary modern pupils entered for the General Certificate of Education examination, the number and proportion of secondary modern schools entering candidates, the average number of subjects taken, and the average number of passes gained.
§ Sir D. EcclesThe information for 1958 and 1959 is given in the following. table. Figures for 1960 should be ready early in the New Year and I will send them to the hon. Member.
General Certificate of Education examination 1958 1959 Candidates from secondary modern schools 10,540 15,580 Secondary modern schools submitting candidates: Number of schools 792 969 Percentage of schools 21 25 Average number of subjects per candidate from secondary modern schools: Taken 3.9 3.9 Passed 2.0 1.9