§ Mr. Fisherasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many additional science teachers would be required to ensure the provision of science teaching in all primary schools.
§ Mr. DunnThe number would depend on local decisions about how to staff science teaching in primary schools. However, my right hon. Friend has drawn attention to the need to give science a firm place in all primary teacher training courses, and to the good opportunities which a career as a primary school teacher offers to those with a specialist knowledge of science. He intends to add science teaching to the priority areas in which he pays grants to local education authorities for the in-service training of teachers.