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Dept for Education and Employment

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Mr. Clappison: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many persons were recruited into initial teacher training in 1999-2000 for secondary school teaching in (a) mathematics, (b) science, (c) languages and (d) technology; and what were the targets for that year for recruitment in those subjects. [112984] Ms Estelle Morris: Figures for recruitment into initial teacher training in 1999-2000 for secondary school teaching in mathematics, science, modern foreign languages and technology in England and corresponding targets are given in the following table. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Recruitment Target Mathematics 1,307 1,680 Science 2,362 2,390 Modern Foreign Languages 1,469 2,200 Technology 1,702 2,860 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: 1. Figures represent head-counts; that is the total of full-time and part-time recruitment. 2. Technology includes Design and Technology, Engineering, Computer Studies, Business Studies, Commerce, Home Economics and Needlecraft. 3. Targets for 1999-2000 exclude 300 for Mathematics and 300 for Science under the MS600 Scheme. 4. Recruitment data are provisional mid-year data. Coverage: Universities and other HE institutions, SCITT and OU. Sources: Intake: TTA Survey of ITT Providers Targets: DfEE As a result of the introduction of "Golden Hellos", recruitment to secondary teacher training in mathematics was 17 per cent. higher than the previous year. For science the figure was 4 per cent. and recruitment was very close to target. In both these subjects, the previous trend was a decline in recruitment. "Golden Hellos" will also apply to secondary teacher training in modern foreign languages from September 2000. In the longer term, the reforms announced in the Teachers Green Paper will improve the pay, training leadership and support for teachers and encourage more of the best graduates to join the profession.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

346 c572-4W; 112984

Session

1999-00

Subjects

Languages Teachers Training Secondary education Technology Science Student numbers Mathematics

Contains statistics

Yes