HC Deb 02 April 1969 vol 781 cc129-30W
Mr. Wellbeloved

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science, how many men and women students, respectively, were admitted to courses of initial teacher training at colleges of education in Sepember, 1964 and 1968.

Mrs. Shirley Williams

The information is as follows:

ENTRANTS TO FULL-TIME COURSES OF INITIAL TEACHER TRAINING AT COLLEGES OF EDUCATION (INCLUDING POST-GRADUATE COURSES)
Men Women Total
1964 7,427 17,649 25,076
1968 (provisional) 11,083* 28,362* 39,445*
* In addition, 16 men and 377 women were admitted to the experimental part-time courses offered at eight colleges (the first of which started in 1966); and 209 men and 437 women were admitted to full-time courses at the five departments of education in technical colleges established in 1967.