HC Deb 02 February 1993 vol 218 c147W
25. Mr. Faber

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what plans he has for the reform of teacher training.

Mr. Harry Greenway

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what plans he has for the reform of teacher education and training; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Forth

My right hon. Friend announced last June a decisive shift to more school-based training for secondary teachers, which is being introduced over the period up to September 1994. He is now considering reforms to the training of primary teachers in the light of the recent advice from the National Curriculum Council and OFSTED on primary education; and he intends that they should be introduced in September 1994. The quality of teacher training is critical to our school reforms and the raising of educational standards. My right hon. Friend will keep under review the possibility that further reform of teacher training is needed to this end.