HC Deb 30 April 1951 vol 487 cc119-20W
Mr. Alport

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the number of school teachers and pupils being educated in Nyasaland in the years 1930, 1940 and 1950, respectively; and the total public funds made available by the Government for education in the territory in each of those years.

Mr. J. Griffiths

The numbers of school teachers and pupils in Government-assisted schools were respectively 3,330 and 72,257 in 1930, 3,210 and 60,817 in 1940 and 3,208 and 85,403 in 1950. No figures are available for unassisted schools in 1930 and 1940, but in 1950 there were 4,250 teachers and 134,966 pupils. Government expenditure on education was £14,180 in 1930, £25,487 in 1940 and £209,000 in 1950. These figures exclude capital expenditure, which amounted in 1950 to £65,000.