§ Mr. CabornTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many students on completion of a postgraduate certificate of education or equivalent qualification gained qualified teacher status in(a) mathematics and (b) physics in each year from 1990 to 1996. [19902]
§ Mr. Forth[holding answer 11 March 1997]: The number of successful initial teacher training completers1, trained for secondary education, whose first or second 424W subject of ITT was either mathematics of science2 from 1990 to 1995 are shown in the following table. Information for 1996 is not yet available.
1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 Mathematics 890 950 1,250 1,450 1,640 1,660 Science 1,250 1,270 1,620 1,780 2,030 2,200 1 Students who have successfully completed a course of initial teacher training leading to qualified teacher status (QTS). 2 Students who have been trained to teach both maths and science have been recorded once only and assigned to their first subject.