§ Sir Peter Millsasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will direct Devon county council, under section 68 of the Education Act 1944, to permit hon. Members to visit schools in their constituencies in Devon; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. DunnI understand that the chief executive of Devon county council has written to local Members of450W from national statistical publications of those countries. The public sector figure was derived by subtraction from the total figure supplied to UNESCO.
The International Standard Classification of Education Handbook defines level as follows:
Education preceding the first level (ISCED level category 0), where it is provided, usually begins at age three, four, or five (sometimes earlier) and lasts from one to three years.Education at the first level (ISCED level category 1) usually begins, therefore, at age five, six, or seven, and lasts for about five or six years. Allied with these "primary" levels are such related programmes as literacy programmes for older people who are illiterate because of lack of earlier schooling, and programmes with a vocational emphasis for beginners or for those who have completed some primary schooling, although these programmes are not found in all countries.Education at the second level, first stage (ISCED level category 2), begins at about age 11 or 12 and lasts for about three years. Allied with this core of lower secondary schooling is wide variety of out-of-school programmes for adults and young people most of them being vocational programmes that require as a minimum for entrance the equivalent of some five or six years of full-time schooling. These include programmes of training for jobs requiring relatively elementary skills, some apprenticeship programmes, and some simple medical auxiliary programmes.Education at the second level, second stage (ISCED level category 3), begins at about age 14 or 15 and lasts for about three yers. Allied with this core of upper secondary school is a wide range of vocational programmes that require as a minimum for entrance the equivalent of some eight years of full-time schooling. These include programmes for semiskilled and skilled jobs, some apprenticeship programmes, programmes in home economics, secretarial and other "office work" programmes, para-medical programmes, agricultural and similar programmes, and in some countries teacher training programmes.Parliament saying that they are welcome to visit Devon schools and that during the past 10 years the position concerning such visits has not changed.