§ MR. J. M. ROBERTSONI beg to ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the increase recorded by Lord Cromer of over 100 per cent. in the European personnel in the Egyptian secondary schools and higher colleges in the years 1896–1906, and the decrease of 25 per cent. in the Egyptian personnel in the same department in the same period, are due to a falling-off in the number of Egyptians educated for such posts; and, if so, whether he can explain how such a falling-off in the educational provision made under the supervision of the Minister of Education by the British Adviser has taken place.
§ SIR EDWARD GREYThe demand for secondary and higher education, and the development of it, has been increasing more rapidly than the supply of Egyptian teachers; measures are in hand to remedy the deficiency as far as it is possible.