HC Deb 27 February 1957 vol 565 cc172-3W
76. Mr. J. Johnson

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what developments are planned for the Chipembi Girls Secondary School of Northern Rhodesia, particularly regarding the library, domestic science block, science laboratories and electric lighting; and whether this school has been visited by the Minister for African Education.

Mr. Profumo

£5,230, including a Government grant of £3,927, is being spent on additional classrooms and staff houses, and it is proposed to spend in 1957–58 £6,650, including a Government grant of £4,987, on further European staff quarters. The present small library will shortly be moved to an ordinary classroom until a large library and art rooms have been built. The Beit Trustees have made a grant of £6,400 towards a new domestic science block, which will include a science laboratory until a proper pure science block is needed. A small lighting plant is to be installed in the near future. So far as I am aware, the Member for Education and Social Services has not visited the school yet.