Joint Professional Committee, Minutes and accompanying papers 3 July 1979 Includes discussion on nursery schools - assessment of teaching practice; developments in the BEd degree course: a study based on fifteen institutions; training in religious education for primary school teachers; preparation of students for first teaching appintments - survey; induction year for teachers; entry to initial teacher training courses in England and Wales - DES circular 9/78; panels for professional studies; positive discrimination in training and employment. 3 July 1979