§ Mr. JackTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a statement about the level of parental contributions to the fees of pupils in the assisted places scheme in 1990–91.
§ Mr. MacGregorSubject to parliamentary approval, the parental contribution scales will be adjusted upwards for the school year 1990–91 as set out in the table. Total parental contributions for families with four or more assisted pupils will be limited to the amounts payable at any given level of income by parents supporting three assisted pupils.
- —Middle-Level Agricultural Education Project
Projects under consideration
- —University Laboratory Equipment Maintenance Project
- —Polytechnic Laboratory Equipment Maintenance Project
- —English Language Training Project (for staff at universities of technology)
Ghana:
- —Junior Secondary Schools Teachers Training Project
- —Non-formal education" (basic literacy for adults)
Sierra Leone
- Certificate Training Centre, Njala University College (agricultural extension workers)
- English Language Teacher Training Project (to improve teaching and learning of English in Primary and Secondary Schools and teacher colleges)
- Primary Mathematics Education Project (to improve mathematics teaching methodology in primary schools)
- Primary Education Support Project (through the NGO Action Aid, in service training through workshops to improve the quality of teaching and learning in primary schools.
The Gambia:
- Gambia College Project (teacher training)
- Curriculum Development Project (concentrating on English, Mathematics and Science at primary and
383 secondary level) - Gambia Technical Training Institute Project: and Vocational Technical Training Project (both projects designed to improve the quality of technical education)
Training
UK Training Awards 1989–90
We plan to continue to offer such training, funded from all FCO/ODA schemes.
- Nigeria about 660—funded from all FCO-ODA schemes
- Ghana about 220—funded from all FCO-ODA schemes
- Gambia about 99—funded from all FCO-ODA schemes
- Sierra Leone about 129—funded from all FCO-ODA schemes
- Total 1,108