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Science Teachers

Volume 644: debated on Thursday 13 July 1961

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asked the Minister of Education (1) what was the ratio of graduate physics teachers to pupils in secondary schools taking the General Certificate of Education in 1960; and what was the corresponding ratio in 1938;(2) what was the ratio of physics graduate teachers to pupils in secondary schools taking the General Certificate of Education in 1960; and what was the corresponding ratio in 1938;(3) what was the ratio of graduate chemistry teachers to pupils in secondary schools taking the General Certificate of Education in 1960; and what was the corresponding ratio in 1938.

The following table gives the relevant statistics for 1960, so far as they are available. An analysis of graduate teachers in 1938 between individual degree subjects is not available.