asked the Minister for Education if he will state in respect of the latest date for which figures are available the total number of trained and untrained lay and religious teachers in secondary schools.
Written Answers. - Secondary School Teachers.
174.
The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table:
School-year 1969-70
Registered |
*Non-registered |
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Lay |
Religious |
Total |
Lay |
Religious |
Total |
4,372 |
2,396 |
6,768 |
*1,528 |
*1,307 |
*2,835 |
* These include a large number of part-time teachers who teach specialist subjects such as music, elocution, physical education and art. They could not be classed as unqualified teachers.