§ Mrs. Bainasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the current level of applications for bachelor of education courses and three-year teacher training courses in Scottish colleges of education; and how this compares with sessions of 1976–77, 1975–76 and 1974–75.
§ Mr. McElhoneBy 13th May the colleges had received 819 applications for B. Ed courses and 1,615 for the three-year primary diploma course. Corresponding information for earlier years is not available centrally.