§ 69. Mr. Willeyasked the Minister of Education if he will make a statement on the current work of the National Advisory Council on the Training and Supply of Teachers.
§ Mr. ChatawayThe National Advisory Council has undertaken, as its main immediate tasks, a fresh long-range forecast of teacher supply and demand; an urgent study of short-term measures to improve the staffing of the schools, especially the primary schools; a further examination of the implications of introducing a training requirement for all intending teachers; and, through its Standing Sub-Committee on 259W Teachers for Further Education, a consideration of the recruitment and training of teachers for further education.