§ Mr. Andrew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what plans he has to encourage college lecturers to become school teachers.
§ Mrs. RumboldLast October the Department published a discussion paper on the staffing implications of projected student numbers in LEA-maintained FE colleges in England. That paper suggested that local education authorities should consider redeploying suitably qualified surplus FE lecturers to teach shortage subjects in schools. Under the proposed licensed teacher scheme, FE lecturers with two years' experience will become eligible for qualified teacher status after one year's service as a licensed teacher instead of two as will be the case generally.