§ Mr. Prenticeasked the Minister of Labour what were the numbers and the percentages of school-leavers between 1st December, 1961, and 31st March, 1962, or the nearest convenient dates, who entered employment in each of the following categories, namely, apprenticeship to skilled occupation, employment leading to professional qualifications, 123W clerical employment, employment with training not covered by the preceding categories, and other employment.
Class of Employment Boys Girls Number entering Per cent. of total entrants Number entering Per cent. of total entrants (1) Apprenticeship to skilled occupations. 31,147 35.1 6,072 7.0 (2) Employment leading to recognised professional qualifications. 756 0.8 513 0.6 (3) Clerical employment 5,655 6.4 26,740 30.7 (4) Employment with training not covered in (1)-(3) above 13,588 15.3 10,403 11.9 (5) Other employment 37,679 42.4 43,347 49.8 TOTAL 88,825 87,075