§ Mr. Sydney Irvingasked the Minister of Education what is the programme of work being undertaken by his new Curriculum Study Group; when he expects them to report; whether such reports will be published; and in what form.
§ Sir E. BoyleThe current work of the Group includes the preparation of suggestions for teachers about their part in the new Certificate of Secondary Education examination, collaboration with the Nuffield Foundation in their projects for the improvement of science, mathematics and foreign language teaching, independent studies designed to complement the work of the Nuffield teams, and an inquiry into the present content of the curriculum. The Department's Annual Report will contain a general account of the Group's activities: the suggestions for teachers about the new Certificate of Secondary Education will be published in pamphlet form: the inquiry into the content of the curriculum is designed to extend the scope of the published Statistics of Education. The results of other studies will be published from time to time by a variety of means, or will inform the publications of other agencies concerned with the curriculum and examinations whose work the Group has assisted.