§ 29. Mr. E. L. Mallalieuasked the Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations what proportion of teachers leaving the Lobatsi Training College in the last two years has stayed to teach in the Bechuanaland Protectorate.
§ Mr. AlportIn 1956, nineteen teachers passed out of the Teacher Training Centre, Lobatsi. Of these, sixteen are teaching in the Protectorate. In 1957, thirteen teachers passed. Of these, eight are teaching in the Protectorate and five, all of them women, are at present taking an additional year's course of training at the Homecraft Centre at Mochudi in the Protectorate.
§ Mr. MallalieuIs the hon. Member satisfied that differences in pay as between the Protectorate and, for instance, Southern Rhodesia are not responsible for a considerable leakage?
§ Mr. AlportOut of the teachers who have passed out of this training centre in the last two years, only one is teaching out of the Protectorate.