§ 37. Mr. H. Hyndasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the percentage of illiteracy amongst the East Indians in British Guiana; and what steps are being taken to deal with it.
§ Mr. Rees-WilliamsThe latest estimates put the figure at over 40 per cent. The Colony's ten-year development plan provides for the extension of primary education. An experimental literacy campaign was carried out in 1948, and is being continued this year.