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Dept for Education and Employment

Answer

Mr. Clappison: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many applications for entry into initial teacher training courses starting in autumn 2000 for the secondary school subjects of (a) mathematics, (b) science, (c) languages and (d) technology have been made in the current academic year to date; and how many were made in 1999-2000. [112985] Ms Estelle Morris: Applications for initial teacher training courses can be made at postgraduate and undergraduate level. Applications in England and Wales to undergraduate courses at 4 February and postgraduate courses at 19 February for courses starting in 2000-01 together with equivalent figures and end of year figures for the previous year are given in the following tables. Undergraduate applications _________________________________________________________________________________________________. As at 4 February 2000-01 As at 5 February 1999-2000 End of year for 1999-2000 Mathematics 175 247 361 Science 225 271 342 Modern Foreign Languages 35 29 54 Technology 684 726 1,063 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Source: Universities and Colleges Admissions Service PGCE applications _________________________________________________________________________________________________. As at 19 February 2000-01 As at 20 February 1999-2000 End of year for 1999-2000 Mathematics 407 529 1,690 Science 938 1,125 3,450 Modern Foreign Languages 806 904 2,307 Technology 318 441 1,619 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: 1. Figures for undergraduate and postgraduate cannot be combined as applicants can make up to six applications through UCAS, but only one application through GTTR. 2. Postgraduate end of year figures exclude applications made direct to the ITT provider. 3. Undergraduate end of year figures exclude applications made at the clearing stage. 4. Technology includes Design and Technology, Engineering, Computer Studies, Business Studies, Commerce, Home Economics and Needlecraft. Source: Graduate Teacher Training Registry These figures show that at the equivalent time last year, only about a third of final applications had been recorded for postgraduate subjects in Mathematics, Science and Technology and under half for courses in Modern Foreign Languages. Over the last five years there has been a trend for secondary initial teacher training postgraduate applications to be made later in the year.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

346 c575-6W; 112985

Session

1999-00

Subjects

Applications Languages Teachers Training Secondary education Technology Science Mathematics

Contains statistics

Yes