Control of numbers, qualifications, etc. of studentsN.I.
67.—(1 )F1 [F2The Department of Education] shall make such arrangements as it considers expedient for the determination of the numbers and qualifications and for the selection of students to be admitted to the initial and further training of teachers.
(2) The managers or governing body of an institution providing courses for the initial or further training of teachers shall not admit a student to a course for the initial training of teachers unless satisfied—
(a)as to his good character and health, his physical capacity for teaching and his suitability for the teaching profession in other respects; and
(b)that he satisfies the minimum educational qualifications for the course determined under paragraph (1).
(3) The managers of a college of educationF3. . . shall comply with any directions of the Department, given after consultation with them, as to—
(a)the total number of students to be admitted in any period specified in the directions to all such courses provided by them;
(b)the number of students to be admitted in any period specified in the directions to any particular course so specified; and
(c)the discontinuance of any particular course so specified.