§ Mr. John MacKayasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the number of secondary teachers of Gaelic who qualified from colleges of education in each of the last five years.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherThe numbers of students in recent years successfully completing courses of preservice teacher training leading to a teaching qualification (secondary education) with Gaelic as a main subject are as follows:
Session Number 1975–76 Not available 1976–77 5 1977–78 2 1978–79 4 1979–80 3
§ Mr. John MacKayasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many vacancies exist for teachers of Gaelic in secondary schools in Scotland; and how many secondary teachers of Gaelic currently are unemployed.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherThe information requested is not available centrally.
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§ Mr. John MacKayasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list those secondary schools in Scotland at which Gaelic is taught, giving the number of teachers and the number of pupils taught.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherThe following table shows for each region and islands area and for the administrative divisions of Strathclyde the number of education authority secondary schools recorded in the September 1979 schools census as making provision for the teaching of Gaelic:
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Number of schools Number of teachers Number of pupils Borders — — — Central — — — Dumfries and Galloway — — — Fife 1 1 1 Grampian — — — Highland 12 17 805 Lothian — — — Strathclyde: Argyll and Bute 4 5 372 Ayr — — — Dunbarton — — — Glasgow 4 4 137 Lanark — — — Renfrew — — —
Number of schools Number of teachers Number of pupils Tayside 2 2 103 Orkney — — — Shetland — — — Western Isles 15 35 1,691 SCOTLAND 38 64 3,109 If my hon. Friend wishes to obtain more detailed information about provision in any particular area, I suggest that he might approach the education authority concerned.