§ Mr. Bishopasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many women teachers were trained each year for the last five years and how many left the profession in each year; and what action she is taking to encourage more women to train as teachers and to remain in the profession after training.
§ Mr. van StraubenzeeThe figures available are:
WOMEN TEACHERS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETING COURSES OF INITIAL TRAINING (OTHERWISE THAN AT ART TEACHER TRAINING CENTRES AND COLLEGES OF EDUCATION (TECHNICAL)) Academic Year Number 1964–65 … … … … … 13,377 1965–66 … … … … … 15,335 1966–67 … … … … … 17,782 1967–68 … … … … … 21,731 1968–69 … … … … … 23,670
WOMEN QUALIFIED TEACHERS LEAVING MAINTAINED PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS (OTHERWISE THAN ON TRANSFER TO OTHER POSTS IN GRANT-AIDED ESTABLISHMENTS) Year ending 31st March Number 1966 … … … … … 19,070 1967 … … … … … 20,680 1968 … … … … … 21,120 1969 … … … … … 21,579 1970 … … … … … Not yet available Notes:
1. In addition many women teachers enter maintained schools from other sources.
2. Many of those who leave return later; in 1968–69 for example nearly 9,000 did so.
3. The number of women teachers in maintained schools has since 1968 been rising by over 10,000 a year.
4. There is no reason to think that wastage for other than family reasons is excessive.