§ Mr. Parkinsonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many qualified teachers attended the various one-year courses leading to a relevant diploma or certificate in the education of handicapped children in the academic year 1972–73; and what information he has about the number of teachers attending such courses in the current academic year.
§ Mr. Gerry FowlerThe following is the information in respect of one-year full-time courses.
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Institution Course Number of Enrolments 1972–73* Number of Enrolments 1973–74* Avery Hill College of Education Diploma in the Education of Handicapped Children 22 24 Department of Education, University of Manchester Diploma in the Education of Handicapped Children 8 9 University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Institute of Education Diploma in Advanced Educational Studies (Handicapped) 9 8 Culham College, Abingdon, Berks. Certificate in Special Education 12 14 Carlen College of Education Diploma course for Teachers of Handicapped Children 26 27 Glam organ College of Education Diploma in the Education of Handicapped Children 21 21 Cambridge Institute of Education Diploma in the Education of Children with Learning Difficulties 12 13 Sheffield City College of Education Teaching of Children with other handicaps 14 18 Cartel College of Education Education of Children with Learning Difficulties 11 9 School of Education, University of Birmingham Diploma in Special Education (Teaching of Maladjusted Children) 8 13 University of London, Institute of Education Diploma in the Education of Maladjusted Children 22 27 Department of Education, University of Manchester Diploma in the Education of Maladjusted Children 9 5 University College of Swansea, Department of Education Diploma in Special Education (Backward/Maladjusted) 9 11 University of London, Institute of Education Diploma in the Education of Physically Handicapped Children 12 13 University of Durham, Institute of Education Diploma in Education (Remedial) 10 8 University of Exeter, Institute of Education Diploma in Education (Remedial) 10 8 Edge Hill College of Education Certificate in the Education of Slow-learning Children in the Ordinary School 14 18 Maria Grey College, Twickenham Diploma in the Education of Handicapped Children 27 24 St. Mary's College, Twickenham Diploma in the Education of Handicapped Children 12 11 Chester College of Education Teaching of Children with Special Needs 15 27 West hill College of Education Certificate in the Further Study of Mentally Handicapped Children — 10 Coventry College of Education Teaching of Children with severe learning difficulties 8 16 Total 621 690 *Numbers shown relate to qualified Teachers in England and Wales seconded on salary or recognized by the Department of purposes of grant. Excluded are qualified teachers from Scotland and Northern Ireland, and private students. (The Department does not collect information about numbers of students in these categories.)
§ Mr. Parkinsonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many plans for the building of special schools have been submitted by local authorities; and how many have been approved and how many rejected by the Department in the years 1970, 1971, 1972 and 1973, respectively.
§ Mr. PrenticeThe number of proposals submitted by LEAs in England and the number included in annual building pro-576W grammas for the years 1971–72 to 1973–74 were as follows:
Year Number of proposals Number included 1971–72 … … 254 132 1972–73 … … 306 113 1973–74 … … 301 145 Comparable figures for 1970–71 are not available.
Normally school plans are approved by the Department after discussion with the authority of any modifications considered desirable.
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§ Mr. Parkinsonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many teachers completed a three-year course of initial training in the education of mentally handicapped children in the academic year ending in 1973; and how many he expects will complete their course in the years 1974, 1975 and 1976.
§ Mr. Gerry FowlerThe provisional figure for 1973 of students successfully completing three-year certificate and four-year B.Ed, courses of initial training for teaching of mentally handicapped children is 106. It is estimated that the corresponding numbers in 1974, 1975 and 1976 will be about 200, 250 and 300, respectively.