5. Mrs. Butlerasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will discuss with the appropriate authorities the possibility of arranging teacher training courses for day students with timetables planned to enable married women with children of school age to attend lectures during school hours.
§ Mr. PrenticeMany mothers with childdren of school age are already attending training colleges as day students, in particular the eight day colleges which cater especially for older students and have adapted their arrangements as far as they can to meet the special requirements of married women. It is not practicable for the colleges to arrange full-time training courses that would allow married women with young children to leave and return home during school hours, particularly in view of the amount of travelling that is often involved, but my right hon. Friend is at present exploring the possibility of arranging part-time courses for married women and others whose circumstances prevent them from undertaking full-time courses of teacher training.