HC Deb 28 June 1962 vol 661 cc1334-5
3. Mr. Swingler

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Central African Office) if he will state the specific projects in the development of African primary and secondary education in the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland to which the United Kingdom is at present making a contribution in the form of loans or grants.

Mr. R. A. Butler

With permission, I will circulate details in the OFFICIAL REPORT.

Mr. Swingler

Can the right hon. Gentleman say what is the total sum involved?

Mr. Butler

The totals so far are as follows. For Northern Rhodesia just under £l million—about £962,000; for Nyasaland about £584,957; and for Southern Rhodesia we have just made a specific loan of £355,000 for help with education.

Mr. Swingler

Will not the right hon. Gentleman, in considering these Questions, now review the whole situation? Is he not aware that these sums represent a totally inadequate contribution by this country towards what is a totally inadequate programme for the development of primary and secondary education throughout these territories? Will he not, therefore, press upon the Treasury and the Government the need for a much larger contribution to what is the foundation of educational development, both primary and secondary, in these territories?

Mr. Butler

I do not think that the totals I have given are really too bad, but I will continue to press my right hon. and learned Friend.

Following are the details:

NORTHERN RHODESIA
Project
Grant
£
Assistance to Secondary Schools, Trade Colleges and Teacher Training Centres. 350,000
Assistance to Secondary Schools, Trade Colleges and Teacher Training Centres. 100,000
Assistance to Secondary Schools, Trade Colleges and Teacher Training Centres. 512,560
Total £962,560

NYASALAND
Assistance towards Primary and Secondary Schools and Artisan Training Centre, Blantyre 140,000
Teacher Training Centre, Blantyre 110,500
Lilongwe Secondary School for Girls 76,500
Expansion of Primary and Secondary Education and Teacher Training 257,957
Total £584,957

Southern Rhodesia

Her Majesty's Government have offered the Southern Rhodesian Government a loan of £355,000 from Colonial Development and Welfare Funds for African education, but no specific projects have so far been decided upon.

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