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Page 289 final degree of London University. These courses mostly last for two, three or four years. There are also post-graduate courses of one year, and shorter courses at post-graduate level for scientists and technologists engaged in industry.

6. Sandwich courses last from 2 to 5 years. The students spend alternate periods of 3 to 6 months receiving theoretical education in a technical college and specially designed practical training in industry.

7.

Wastage in Ordinary and Higher National Certificate Exams.

Ordinary

Higher

Entrants

Successes

Entrants

Successes

1952

21,977

11,673

8,831

6,311

1953

22,243

11,341

9,333

6,564

1954

24,590

12,443

9,750

6,940

NOTE. These figures show only the number who respectively entered for and succeeded in the examinations, and do not give a complete figure of wastage over the courses. Although no figures are available, there is reason to think that perhaps no more than half of those who start the courses survive to enter for the exams.

8. Output of Technologists from Technical Colleges in 1954.

1,500 Degrees (mostly London external).

250 Higher National Diplomas.

500 Technical College Diplomas.

7,000 Higher National Certificates.

1,400 City and Guilds full Technological Certificates.

10,650

9. Part-time day releuse. Of 372,000 part-time day students, 326,000 are being released. This represents a spectacular increase since the war. But, of young people under 18 in employment, only 12 3 per cent. were released in 1950 and only 17-1 per cent. were released last year. Except in the engineering industry the percentage of boys released is far too low. Except in public administration the same is true of girls.

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