§ 11. Mr. J. Johnsonasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many African teachers qualified at Makerere College are now teaching in secondary schools in Zanzibar.
§ Mr. ProfumoTwo, Sir.
§ Mr. JohnsonDoes not the Under-Secretary feel that this is a shocking number for the people of Zanzibar and Pemba, and will not he use his best efforts to make more scholarships available to African school leavers for them to go to Makerere College, or other university colleges, so that they can return to their own people and invigorate them by teaching in their own schools and increasing the number of secondary students?
§ Mr. ProfumoThis will probably be among those matters to be considered by the special committee which, as I 1563 have told the hon. Gentleman, has already been set up to look into education.
§ 12. Mr. J. Johnsonasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will give the numbers of African elementary school leavers in Zanzibar who have gone to teacher teaching colleges for the years 1955, 1956 and 1957, respectively.
§ Mr. ProfumoSince records are kept on a non-racial basis, I am afraid this information is not available.
§ Mr. JohnsonDoes not the Under-Secretary agree that, although the statistics are not kept, it is well known that Africans from these elementary schools do not go to the colleges in the same numbers as the Asians, especially the Arabs and Indians? In this campaign, will he make his best efforts to see that the Africans get a fairer and better deal than they have had in the past?
§ Mr. ProfumoI am sure that the committee will take this and other relevant matters into consideration.