§ Mrs. Ewingasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many teachers are employed in Scotland in the teaching of 378W mentally handicapped children; how many of these are qualified to do this work; and by how much the establishment is under strength.
§ Mr. RossIn December last 795 certificated teachers and 130 uncertificated teachers were employed in special schools. About 60 per cent. of the certificated teachers were specially qualified to teach the particular categories of handicapped children, including the mentally handicapped. I do not have information about vacancies, but in January 1967 60 out of 444 classes for mentally handicapped children were over the maximum size of 20 pupils.