§ 81. Captain ORMSBY-GOREasked whether any support from public funds is given to any school in Egypt which has for its object the education of children of Englishmen engaged in the public service in Egypt; whether the only schools in Cairo 542 before the War where a European education could be obtained by English children were State-supported German, French, and Italian schools; and whether he will examine the question with a view to assisting British parents in the Egyptian service to educate their families in Egypt?
Mr. HARMSWORTHThe answer to the first part of the hon. and gallant Member's question is in the negative. As regards the second part, I understand that previous to the War the only British schools in Egypt were the Victoria College in Alexandria, which owed its existence to private generosity, and a day school in Cairo. Since the War, a new English school has been started in Cairo, which has over 100 pupils, and has been of great assistance to British parents.
His Majesty's High Commissioner reported at length in 1916 on the serious lack of educational facilities for British children in Egypt, and he was assured that the whole question would be carefully and sympathetically examined at the end of the War. It is now being so considered.