Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Education and Science – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 12 November 1964.
My right hon. Friend is studying both long-term measures to increase the supply of teachers and more immediate ways of improving the staffing of the schools. I understand that the National Advisory Council on the Training and Supply of Teachers hopes to submit a report to him soon. He estimates that 17,000 more teachers would now be needed in the primary schools and 37,000 in the secondary schools in order to bring all classes within the maximum sizes prescribed by his Regulations.