§ Mrs. Bainasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many teachers are currently employed in special schools in the Strathclyde Region (a) by division, (b) by qualification and (c) by subject.
§ Mr. McElhoneThe information is as follows:
by the education authority and whose main responsibility lay in the special education field. As a teacher may hold one or more subject qualifications, the number of teachers involved is less than the total number of qualifications shown. Teachers of mentally handicapped pupils are largely excluded, since most hold a teaching qualification (primary education). Corresponding information is not available for 1977.
§ Mrs. Bainasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what provision he intends to make for newly qualified teachers who are unable to find appropriate employment; and whether colleges of education will be allowed to run projects with an educational content under the special temporary employment project.
§ Mr. Gregor MacKenzieThe existing scheme for the employment of 500 additional teachers in schools serving urban areas of deprivation will continue, as will the scheme under which teachers employed in special schools in Scotland who are seconded for further training are replaced, during the period of their secondment, either by serving teachers who are in turn replaced by teachers who are unemployed or directly by unemployed teachers. The youth opportunities programme and the special temporary employment programme will also provide opportunities for unemployed teachers.
185WColleges of education can sponsor schemes which meet the terms and conditions for funding under the special temporary employment programme and which are approved by the Manpower Services Commission's area boards.