§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will take steps to improve the provision of in-service training for teachers in secondary schools.
§ Dr. BoysonThe recently published discussion paper by Her Majesty's Inspectorate"Teacher Training in Secondary Schools", draws attention to a number of ways in which teacher training institutions, validating bodies, local education authorities and schools can contribute to improving both initial and in-service training, not least by working more closely together for the benefit of teachers and students. I commend Her Majesty's inspectors' suggestions to all concerned. Even with restricted resources much can be achieved by carefully managed in-service programmes which use those resources to the best advantage of teachers and schools.