§ Mr. WillisTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what was the cost of providing an internet-based application system for post-graduate teacher training. [15559]
§ Mr. TimmsThe total cost of the Graduate Teacher Training Registry's electronic applications service was £146,640, including value added tax.
§ Mr. WillisTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) how many rejected applicants for fast-track teaching were subsequently placed on other post-graduate 57W teacher training programmes through the Graduate Teacher Training Register; what was the total additional resource allocation for this purpose; and if she will make a statement; [15560]
(2) how many applicants who were rejected by the fast-track teaching scheme were referred to the Graduate Teacher Training Register for placement on other teacher training programmes for 2001–02. [15562]
§ Mr. TimmsThere were 1,574 applicants to the Fast-Track Teaching programme in the first round. Details of 677 unsuccessful applicants were passed on to the Graduate Teacher Training Register (GTTR); of whom 105 secured places on other post-graduate teacher training programmes in 2001–02. The cost of processing these candidates through GTTR was £12,186 and was borne by the Teacher Training Agency.
§ Mr. WillisTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many students took part in the graduate training scheme for teachers in(a) 1998, (b) 1999, (c) 2000 and (d) 2001. [15556]
§ Mr. TimmsThe table contains the numbers of people who started the Graduate Teacher Programme (GTP) during the calendar years 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001:
Number of new entrants 1998 305 1999 591 2000 1,185 2001 2,249 Note:
The Graduate Teacher Programme started in January 1998. The figures exclude overseas trained teachers.
Source:
Teacher Training Agency
Trainees on the Graduate Teacher Programme can enter the programme throughout the academic year.
§ Mr. WillisTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many applications were received by the Graduate Teacher Training Register for postgraduate teacher training for the year 2001–02; how many applications were successful; how many applicants commenced training; and what was the cost per student of placing them on a graduate teacher training register scheme. [15563]
§ Mr. TimmsThe Graduate Teacher Training Registry (GTTR) received a total of 37,9631 applications, for postgraduate initial teacher training courses starting in 2001–02 in England. Of those, 20,0412 were accepted. The Teacher Training Agency's Initial Teacher Training (ITT) Trainees Numbers Census recorded a total of 21,1403 new entrants on postgraduate ITT courses in England, for 2001–02. Not all entrants to postgraduate ITT courses apply through the GTTR.
The cost of placing a student on a GTTR scheme is not collected centrally.
1 This the provisional end of year figure for applications to postgraduate ITT courses in England, from GTTR.
2 This is the provisional end of year figure for accepted applications to postgraduate ITT courses in England, from GTTR.
3 This is the provisional total from the TTA's ITT Trainee Numbers Census.