HC Deb 21 January 1964 vol 687 cc114-5W
Mr. Willey

asked the Minister of Education what progress has been made with experiments with a full-time induction period for part-time technical education.

Sir E. Boyle

In my circular of 18th February, 1963, I recommended local education authorities and colleges to experiment with this type of course. Some courses have already been introduced, and I hope that the number of experiments will increase.

Mr. Willey

asked the Minister of Education what progress has been made with the development of block-release for part-time technical education.

Sir E. Boyle

The number of students taking block release courses, in the last three academic years, was as shown in the table below. "Statistics of Education 1962, Part two" gives, in Table 18, an analysis of the course subjects and the qualifications aimed at, for the academic year 1962–63.

Advanced Non-advanced Total
October, 1960 265 3,690 3,955
November, 1961 349 6,284 6,633
November, 1962 730 10,348 11,078