§ Mr. David Howellasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list the teacher training colleges which are giving their trainee teachers instruction in using computers and teaching school pupils how to use computers; and what plans he has for extending these facilities during each of the next three years.
§ Mrs. Shirley WilliamsMain courses in mathematics in colleges of education include provision for instruction on the relevance for teaching of automatic data processing of many kinds, including the potential uses of computers; 139 colleges of education and five departments of education in technical colleges at present offer main courses in mathematics, and I am satisfied that this provision is adequate for the numbers of students expected to be enrolled during the next three years.