§ 50. Mr. J. Johnsonasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many African boys and girls took the recent Cambridge Overseas School Certificate at the Nairobi Alliance High School and Girls High School, respectively; and how many places at Makerere College, the University College of East Africa, are allotted to Kenya and Nyasaland, respectively.
§ Mr. Lyttelton49 African boys from the Nairobi Alliance High School and five African girls from the Girls High School took the 1953 Cambridge School Certificate examination. All of these passed.
Twenty-five per cent. of the places at Makerere College are allotted to Kenya and 5 per cent. to Central African territories; 10 per cent. are reserved for open competition. There have been no applicants from Nyasaland so far this year.