Mrs. Jegerasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the capital cost incurred, since 1945, of universities, university colleges, and technical colleges in each of the dependent territories; and the amount borne in each country by Her Majesty's Government and by the Colony concerned.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydThe contributions made by Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom from 1945 to the 31st March, 1955, towards the capital cost of universities, university colleges and colleges of arts, science and technology in the Colonial Territories are approximately as follows:
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£ University of Hong Kong 250,000 Royal University of Malta 67,000 University College, Ibadan, Nigeria 1.710,864, University College of the Gold Coast 400,000 Makerere College, University College of East Africa 1,087,223, University College of the West Indies 2,423,129l Nigerian College of Arts, Science and Technology 265,232 Fourah Bay College, Sierra Leone 99,853 Royal Technical College of East Africa 150,000 £6,453,301 No call has yet been made by the University of Malaya and the Kumasi College of Technology, Gold Coast, on their Colonial Development and Welfare Allocations of £1,019,000 and £350,000. As all these institutions are largely autonomous, the total capital cost and the total contributions of Colonial Governments during the period are not immediately available.
Mrs. Jegerasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the recurrent expenditure borne by Her Majesty's Government and by each Colonial Government in respect of universities, university colleges, and technical colleges in the dependent territories.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydHer Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom do not normally make grants to Colonial institutions of higher education in respect of their recurrent costs. There have, however, been some small exceptions, the main ones in 1954–55 being as follows:
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£ University College of the West Indies 29,775 University College of the Gold Coast 5,944 Fourah Bay College, Sierra Leone 24,000 Details of the present contributions by Colonial Governments are not immediately available.
Mrs. Jegerasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the total educational budget for the current year for the West Indies, Gold Coast, Nigeria, East and Central Africa, Malaya, and Singapore.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydThe statement below gives figures for education, taken from the current annual estimates of expenditure for the central governments of the territories concerned, including development estimates. They do not include:
- (a) Expenditure for education purposes where listed under other heads (e.g. school building under Public Works Department Vote or subventions to educational bodies, shown under separate heads).
- (b) Ministry expenditure, where the Minister for Education has other portfolios (e.g. Gold Coast and Jamaica).
- (c) Local authority expenditure.
STATEMENT Colony Year Estimated Expenditure £ Bahamas 1955 298,889 Barbados 1955–56 686,342 Bermuda 1955 411,323 British Guiana 1955 901,475 British Honduras 1955 119,396 Jamaica 1955–56 2,316,071 Leeward Islands 1955 213,967 Trinidad 1955 1,989,548 Windward Islands 1955 334,830 Gold Coast 1955–56 7,558,217 Nigeria: (a) Federal Government 1955–56 478,590 (b) Northern Region 1955–56 2,053,675 (c) Eastern Region 1955–56 2,445,515 (d) Western Region 1955–56 3,490,000 (e) Southern Cameroons 1955–56 248,645 Kenya 1955–56 5,503,333 Tanganyika 1955–56 4,433,939 Uganda 1955–56 3,459,558 Zanzibar 1955 298,045 Northern Rhodesia* 1955–56 1,810,987 Nyasaland* 1955–56 329,965 Federation of Malaya 1955 11,659,250 Singapore 1955 5,625,407 TOTAL £56,666,967 * These figures relate to African education only. Non-African education in the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is now the responsibility of the Federal Government.