§ 9. Mr. G. M. Thomsonasked the Secretary for Technical Co-operation how many teachers were recruited from the United Kingdom and the United States of America, respectively, last year for the Anglo-American scheme at Makerere College; and how many teachers from each country are to be recruited this year
§ Mr. Iain MacleodI have been asked to reply.
Last year, there were places for 160 American teachers and 10 British. This year it is expected to be about 50 or perhaps rather more British and 100 American teachers.
§ Mr. ThomsonOur contribution last year was really a very poor one. Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that the scheme has been an outstanding success and is of immense importance? Will he assure the House that adequate steps are now being taken to ensure that, this year, Britain takes a proper share in it.
§ Mr. MacleodAs the hon. Gentleman knows, this scheme is not, as it were, the main scheme. It is supplementary to normal recruitment of British teachers for service in East Africa, and perhaps that more than anything else accounts for the proportion of British and American teachers. I entirely agree that it is a fine scheme. It emerged out of the Princeton Conference in December, 1960, and I think it will be of immense benefit to East Africa.