§ 43. Mr. Dribergasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what separate educational provision is made for EuroAfrican children in Nyasaland; and why these children are not educated in African schools.
Mr. Creech JonesAfter careful consideration by the Nyasaland Government of the educational needs of the Eur-African community a small day school for Eur-African children at Blantyre was started last year on an experimental basis. Elsewhere Eur-African children attend African schools.
§ Mr. DribergWhile realising the difficulty of this problem, may I ask if my right hon. Friend is aware of the representations made about it by Africans, and of the danger of building up, not 409 merely one kind of racial prejudice, but a whole hierarchy of castes based on colour?
Mr. Creech JonesAs my hon. Friend knows, my effort is directed towards eliminating discrimination altogether.
§ Colonel PonsonbyHow many children are involved?
Mr. Creech JonesApproximately, over the whole of Nyasaland, I believe 1,800 such children. In this school, I think, there are about 100 of them.
§ Mr. KeelingIs not the asking of 43 Questions today of the Secretary of State for the Colonies sufficient evidence that the statement sometimes made in the Colonies that this House takes no interest in the Colonies is quite untrue?