§ Mrs. Wiseasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many men successfully completed a course of training directed towards primary school teaching at the end of each of the last three years.
§ Miss Joan LestorThe number of men successfully completing two and three year general courses for the initial training of teachers for the primary age-groups was 1,228 in 1972–73; 1,065 in 1973–74; and is estimated to have been 1,060 in 1974–75. In the same years, the number of men successfully completing initial 345W training courses of this type for intending teachers of children mainly between 9 and 13 were 2,867, 2,915 and 2,840 respectively.
§ Mrs. Wiseasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) what is the total number of students in training at colleges of education or university education departments at the present time; and how many are (i) men and (ii) women;
(2) what is the total number of students pursuing courses of training directed towards primary school teaching at the present time; and how many are (i) men and (ii) women.
§ Miss Joan LestorThe estimated number of students on courses of initial training for teachers at colleges of education, polytechnic and university departments of education in October 1975 was 103,200, of whom 28,800 were men and 74,400 women. Of these, about 3,500 men and 35,900 women were training to teach children in the primary age-ranges and a further 10,600 men and 20,200 women to teach children aged mainly between 9 and 13.