§ Mr. Staintonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many day training colleges for teachers are at present in operation; what numbers of places are available; and what is now his programme for expanding day colleges over the next three years.
§ Mr. HoggThere are now 12 training colleges catering wholly for day students, with some 2,500 students in the academic year now ending. These colleges are planning to increase their aggregate student numbers to about 3,900 under the current training college expansion programme which provides for a total of 80,000 students in training by 1970. I am also exploring the possibility of establishing another day training college in London.
§ Mr. Staintonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will now make a statement on the future rôle of day training colleges and technical training colleges in the provision of extra teachers, and regarding incentives designed to attract mature persons to attend these colleges.
§ Mr. HoggStudent numbers in the day training colleges are planned to increase by about 55 per cent. over the next few years, and there will be a substantial26W Derbyshire in each of the last 10 years; and what was the number of new places so provided in each of these years.
§ Mr. HoggThe information is as follows:
increase in this year's figure of 7,800 day students attending the mainly residential colleges. As regards the technical training colleges I have at present nothing to add to the Answer given to the hon. Member for Sunderland, North (Mr. Willey) on 16th March. The standard maintenance grants for students including mature persons, are under review by the Standing Advisory Committee on Grants to Students.