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Mr. Gwilym Jones
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the recruitment to teacher training courses in 1988 and 1989 in the public sector and the University of Wales colleges.
Mr. Wyn Roberts
Details of teacher training students recruited in 1988 and 1989 are as follows:
| 1988 | 1989 | |
| Public sector | ||
| BEd Primary | 580 | 709 |
| BEd Secondary | 69 | 66 |
| PGCE Primary | 167 | 161 |
| PGCE Secondary | 97 | 89 |
| Total | 913 | 1,025 |
| University sector | ||
| PGCE Primary | 136 | 206 |
| 1988 | 1989 | |
| PGCE Secondary | 425 | 447 |
| Total | 561 | 653 |
Recruitment to courses in the public sector increased by 12 per cent. and to courses in the University of Wales by 16 per cent.