§ Mr. ClappisonTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many physics graduates entered PGCE courses for secondary teaching in each of the last five years. [123036]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisThe number of new entrants to postgraduate initial teacher training (ITT) courses for secondary teaching in Physics is not collected centrally. The numbers of new entrants to postgraduate ITT courses in England for secondary teaching in Science for the last five years are given in the following table.
Intake to postgraduate initial teacher training (ITT) in England Year Intake 1995–96 2,530 1996–97 2,564 1997–98 2,438 1998–99 2,058 1999–2000 2,149 Note:
Data are mid year provisional
Source:
TTA Survey of ITT Providers
Coverage:
Universities and other HE Institutions, School Centred ITT and Open University
At 25 September 1999, with Golden Hello incentives, the number of Physics applications for postgraduate ITT was up by 40 per cent. on the previous year. The number of new entrants on postgraduate ITT Science courses in England for 1999–2000 was up by 4 per cent. on the previous year, effectively meeting the overall target for the year. It is too early to predict recruitment to PGCE courses in 2000–01.
The following table, taken from the Higher Education Statistics Agency's Student Record Survey shows the percentage of those commencing PGCE ITT in England, funded by the Teacher Training Agency (TTA), who were graduates in Physics in the years 1995–96 to 1998–99. These are the subjects of first degree and not necessarily the subjects or phase in which the student is undertaking teacher training. Information for the current year is not yet available. There is a significant proportion of students for whom the first degree subject is unknown. The subjects of first degree do not include combined courses, or closely related courses such as engineering.
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Percentage of those commencing TTA funded PGCE ITT in England with first degrees in Physics. 1995–96 to 1998–99 Year Percentage with Physics degree 1995–96 1 1996–97 1 1997–98 1 1998–99 1 Source:
Higher Education Statistics Agency's Student Record Survey