- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 05 June 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 19 June 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to questions S1W-6732, S1W-6733 and S1W-6734 by Peter Peacock on 25 May 2000, to provide details, from information collated from the October 1999 School Survey of Information and Communication Technology, of the ratio of computers of less than four years of age to pupils in (a) primary schools, (b) secondary schools and (c) special schools, discounting in each case those that are used mainly for administration purposes.
Answer
The data collected in the October 1999 Schools ICT Survey do not distinguish computers used mainly for administration purposes. The information requested will be available when the detailed results of the 1999 School Census are published in July 2000.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 May 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 30 May 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to increase the number of male teachers in publicly funded (a) pre-school education, (b) primary schools and (c) special schools.
Answer
Recruitment of teachers to posts in publicly funded schools is a matter for education authorities. The Scottish Executive actively promotes teaching as a career through a range of recruitment and publicity measures. At career events and on other occasions the Department takes every opportunity to encourage men to consider a career in pre-school education, primary and special schools. A recent video produced by the Department to promote teaching as a career includes interviews with a male primary school teacher and a male teacher working the special needs area in a primary school.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 May 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sam Galbraith on 30 May 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to increase the number of female teachers in promoted posts in publicly funded (a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools.
Answer
Promotion procedures for teaching staff are a matter for local authorities. In developing procedures they must take account of employment and equal opportunities legislation.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 May 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sam Galbraith on 30 May 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what the current pupil/teacher ratio is in publicly funded (a) primary schools, (b) secondary schools, (c) special schools and (d) pre-school education.
Answer
The latest information available from the 1998 School Census provides the following pupil:teacher ratios in publicly funded schools:
At September 1998:
(a) 19.4 in Primary Schools,
(b) 13.0 in Secondary Schools,
(c) 4.4 in Special Schools,
At February 1999:
(d) 29.2 in Pre-School Education Centres.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 May 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 30 May 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to attract new graduates into the teaching profession.
Answer
The Scottish Executive undertakes a wide range of recruitment publicity activities to attract new graduates into the profession.
Work currently undertaken by the Department to promote teaching as a career includes production of publicity material, attendance at career events and media advertising. There was an encouraging response to the most recent press and radio advertising campaign which took place in the latter part of last year. As a direct result of the campaign the Department received over 2,800 enquiries about entering teacher training.
The Department is now sponsoring jointly with the GTC a recruitment campaign specifically targeted at attracting graduates who may be eligible for entry to PGCE mathematics courses.
The McCrone Committee of Inquiry into professional conditions of service for teachers is looking at the recruitment and retention of teachers in Scotland. Our current activities to attract people into teacher training will be reviewed in light of the committee's report.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 May 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 30 May 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how many full-time equivalent teachers were employed in publicly funded (a) primary schools, (b) secondary schools, (c) special schools and (d) pre-school education in 1999.
Answer
Figures on how many full-time equivalent teachers were employed in publicly funded (a) primary schools, (b) secondary schools, (c) special schools and (d) pre-school education in 1999 are not yet available. The most recent information is for 1998 and is available from SPICe.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 May 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 25 May 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects all pupils in special schools to have their own e-mail address.
Answer
The target set out in Making it work together: a programme for government is that there should be an e-mail address for every school child by 2002.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 May 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 25 May 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive to provide details of the ratio of computers of less than four years old to pupils in pre-school centres, discounting those that are used mainly for administration purposes.
Answer
This information is not available.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 May 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 25 May 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive to provide details of the ratio of computers of less than four years old to pupils in primary schools, discounting those that are used mainly for administration purposes.
Answer
This information will be available when the detailed results of the 1999 School Census are published in July 2000.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 May 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 25 May 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects all teachers in pre-school centres to have their own e-mail address.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has no targets for the provision of e-mail addresses to teachers in pre-school centres.
