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Mr. MacFarquhar
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many potential teachers of (a) Russian, (b) Italian, (c) Spanish, (d) German, (e) French and (f) languages other than (a) to (e) graduated from teacher training colleges in 1966, 1970 and 1976, respectively.
Mr. Oakes
The following numbers of students gained qualified teacher status in the years indicated:
| STUDENTS COMPLETING NON-GRADUATE TEACHER TRAINING COURSES WITH MAIN SUBJECT AS SHOWN | ||
| Non-graduates | 1971* | 1975† |
| Russian | 3 | 10 |
| Spanish | 11 | 21 |
| German | 139 | 128 |
| French | 1,449 | 1,227 |
| Other languages (excluding English)‡ | 202 | 169 |
| 1,804 | 1,555 | |
| STUDENTS COMPLETING POSTGRADUATE COURSES § OF TEACHER TRAINING AFTER OBTAINING DEGREES IN LANGUAGES SHOWN | |||
| Graduates | 1966 | 1970 | 1975† |
| Russian | 6 | 29 | 40 |
| Spanish | 21 | 24 | 54 |
| German | 100 | 183 | 183 |
| French | 209 | 423 | 476 |
| French/German | 94 | 71 | 93 |
| Other languages (excluding English)‡ | 590 | 692 | 828 |
| 1,020 | 1,422 | 1,674 | |
| * Earliest year available. | |||
| † Latest year available. | |||
| ‡ Includes Italian which is not separately corded. | |||
| § Including courses in University Departments of Education. | |||