AQW 3427/17-22 Written question to the Minister of Education
To ask the Minister of Education for her assessment of the number of teachers that will need to be trained for the education sector in (i) 2020-21; and (ii) for 2021-23.
Asked by Kellie Armstrong MLA on 10 March 2020
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 10 March 2020
- Answer due by
- 26 March 2020
- Answered
- 23 March 202013 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Education
- Priority question
- No
Answer
Following consultation with the Department for the Economy (DfE), I have decided to retain intakes to Initial Teacher Education (ITE) courses at the current level for the 2020/21 academic year, as set out below.
Setting the level of ITE intakes for 2021/22 and 2022/23 will be taken following consideration of a number of factors, including DfE’s budget allocation for these years, statistical information provided from my Department’s Teacher Demand Model and wider policy considerations.
2020/21 APPROVED INTAKES
| Phase | Primary | Post Primary | ||||||
| Route | BEd | PGCE | PGCE IME | PGCE Early Years | BEd | PGCE | PGCE IME | TOTALS |
| Stranmillis | 95 | - | - | 15 | 50 | - | - | 160 |
| St Mary’s | 94* | - | 20 | - | 50 | - | - | 164 |
| QUB | - | - | - | - | - | 134 | 4 | 138 |
| UU | - | 33 | - | - | - | 80 | 4 | 117 |
| Total by route | 189 | 33 | 20 | 15 | 100 | 214 | 8 | 579 |
| Totals by phase | 257 | 322 | 579 | |||||
* St Mary’s University College BEd primary intake figure includes 18 Irishmedium places which will give an overall primary Irish-medium intake of 38.