§ Mr. WillisTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many undergraduates started full-time teacher training courses in England in the academic year 2001–02 in each subject. [84569]
§ Mr. MilibandThe number of undergraduates who started full-time teacher training courses in England in the academic year 2001–02 by subject is shown in the table.
Table 1. The number of full-time undergraduate teacher trainees who entered in 2001–02 > Number Primary 6,368 Secondary Mathematics 149 English 128 Science 150 Modern Foreign Languages 16 Total Technology 386 History 0 Geography 11 Physical Education 564 Art 0 Music 29 Religious Education 7 Citizenship 0 Other 0 Secondary total 1,440 Grand total 7,808 Source:
TTA ITT Trainee Number Census 2001–02.
§ Mr. WillisTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many people entered initial teacher training courses for(a) primary and (b) secondary subjects through (i) undergraduate, (ii) postgraduate and (iii) employment-based routes in the academic years (A) 2001–02 and (B) 2002–03. [84570]
§ Mr. Miliband[holding answer 2 December 2002]: The information is shown in the tables.
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Recruitment to courses of initial teacher training and employment based initial teacher training programmes in England in 2002–03 Postgraduate ITT recruitment Undergraduate ITT recruitment Total ITT recruitment GTP recruitment RTP recruitment OTT recruitment 1 Total ITT and EBR recruitment Primary 7,988 6,488 14,476 684 16 34 15,210 Secondary Mathematics 1,545 144 1,689 135 1 11 1,836 English and drama 2,386 109 2,495 233 2 19 2,749 Science 2,537 133 2,670 198 0 19 2,887 Modern foreign languages 1,742 7 1,749 128 1 0 1,878 Total technology 2,055 347 2,402 272 1 7 2,682 History 995 3 998 33 0 3 1,034 Geography 1,025 6 1,031 12 0 2 1,045 Physical education 771 554 1,325 48 0 7 1,380 Art 880 0 880 42 0 0 922 Music 604 7 61 1 31 0 3 645 Religious education 573 3 576 35 0 0 611 Citizenship 185 0 185 0 0 0 185 Other 174 0 174 53 0 4 231 Secondary total 15,472 1,313 16,785 1,220 5 75 18,085 Grand total 23,460 7,801 31,261 1,904 21 109 33,295 Source:
Teacher training agency
1 Entrants to date. There will be further intakes in the spring and summer 2003 terms.