§ Mr. Boydenasked the Minister of Education if, in view of the statement of the Royal Society contained in the Report of the Advisory Council on Scientific Policy, Command Paper No. 1920, that the biology curriculum needs investigating, he will take steps to investigate the changes needed in the teaching of biology in schools and training colleges.
§ Sir E. BoyleHer Majesty's Inspectors of Schools and the Curriculum Study Group in my Department will take note of these recommendations both generally and in the particular context of the studies of school science and mathematics teaching sponsored by the Nuffield Foundation. Her Majesty's Inspectors, together with the Secondary School Examinations Council, are also associated with the work of a committee recently set up, under the joint auspices of the Royal Society and the Institute of Biology, to review education in biology.