§ Dr. Dickson Mabonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT the list 88W of 46 further education establishments providing pre-employment courses in the session 1959–60, with the numbers of students attending each establishment; and if he will indicate in a comparable table what proposals he intends making to local education authorities for the expansion of such courses in Scotland in the new session 1961–62.
§ Mr. MaclayThe following is the list:
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Name of Centre No. of Students Aberdeen, Robert Gordon's Technical College 27 Aberdeen Trades College 159 Aberdeen Pre-Nursing College 166 Aberdeen Commercial College 236 Dundee Institute of Art and Technology 22 Dundee Trades College 208 Dundee. Seymour Lodge Pre-Nursing College 131 Dundee Commercial College 125 Edinburgh, Leith Nautical College 122 Edinburgh, Dean College 316 Edinburgh, Castlehill School of Baking and Catering 26 Edinburgh, School of Building and Crafts 109 Edinburgh, W. M. Ramsay Technical Institute 163 Edinburgh, Torphichen Street Commercial Institute 402 Glasgow, The David Dale College 446 Glasgow, Langside College 270 Glasgow, Stow College of Printing 42 Glasgow, Stow College of Building 54 Glasgow, Logan and Johnston College 231 Ayr Technical College 65 Ayrshire, Kilmarnock Technical College 151 Dumfriesshire, The Barony School 14 Dumbarton, Lennox Technical College 28 Fife, Kirkcaldy Technical College 233 Fife, Pre-Nursing College 82 Fife, Buckhaven Technical College 52 Fife. Cowdenbeath Technical College 74 Inverness Technical High School 35 Kirkcudbrightshire, Castle Douglas School of Commerce 26 Lanarkshire, Burnbank School of Engineering 210 Lanarkshire, Cambuslang School of Building 60 Lanarkshire, Coatbridge Technical College 423 Lanarkshire, Kersewell College 10 Midlothian, Esk Valley College 122 Moray and Nairn, Elgin Girls' Technical School 25
Name of Centre No. of Students Moray and Nairn, Elgin Pre-Nursing School 41 Perthshire, Lawers School of Agriculture 35 Perth High School 46 Renfrewshire, Greenock Watt Memorial School 14 Ross and Cromarty, Lews Castle College, Stornoway 80 Ross and Cromarty, Nicolson Institute, Stornoway 26 Ross and Cromarty, Duncraig Castle School 34 Stirlingshire, Uplands Further Education Centre 44 Stirlingshire, Blackbraes Further Education Centre 6 Stirlingshire, Falkirk County Trades School 29 Sutherland Technical School 28 Total 5,248 It is not for me but for the education authorities, in the light of their knowledge of local requirements, to make proposals for specific courses. I invited authorities in November, 1960, to submit schemes for further education in session 1961–62 and, in Circular No. 450 (of 20th February, 1961) of which I am sending the hon. Member a copy, I asked them to give special consideration to the provision of pre-vocational courses. As a consequence I have, so far, received the following proposals:
Centre Number of New Courses Aberdeen Trades College 3 Glasgow, Langside College 2 Ayr Technical College 1 Dumfries Day Release Centre 3 Fife, Cowdenbeath Technical College 1 Fife, Elmwood Agricultural College 2 Fife, Kirkcaldy Technical College 2 Lanarkshire, Clydesdale College 3 Lanarkshire, Carfin Pre-Vocational Centre 1 Midlothian, Esk Valley College 1 Sutherland Technical School 1