HC Deb 01 April 1985 vol 76 cc422-3W
Mr. Fisher

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what proposals he has to increase the proportion of graduate teachers in schools.

Mr. Dunn

The Government's policy is to move as quickly as possible towards an all-graduate teaching profession. Since 1980, with a limited number of exceptions, entry to initial teacher training has been through courses which are either designed for graduates on entry or lead to degree level qualifications. As a result, all new entrants to the teaching profession are now normally graduates. The Government commend the efforts made by many serving teachers who trained on non-graduate certificate courses to obtain in-service bachelor of education qualifications.

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