§ 11. Mr. G. M. Thomsonasked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations if he will give details of the number of students from the High Commission Territories who are at present participating in the schemes arising out of the Commonwealth Education Conference.
§ Mr. BraineIn 1960, under the Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan, three students from the High Commission Territories won scholarships offered by the United Kingdom. No applications from students in the Territories were made in 1960 under the United Kingdom Government's Scheme of Bursaries for students from the Commonwealth taking courses of training as teachers in this country, but so far this year two applications have been received.
§ Mr. ThomsonAre not these numbers very small? Has not the time arrived for a really big educational drive in the High Commission Territories to increase the number of candidates for positions of this kind?
§ Mr. BraineThe numbers are small, but we should recognise that this is the beginning of what one hopes will be an ever-growing venture in Commonwealth co-operation. I should say that full information has not yet been received in this country about awards made by all the other Commonwealth countries participating in the plan, but it is known that one student from Basutoland obtained one of the scholarships offered by Canada in 1960.