HC Deb 18 February 1948 vol 447 cc230-1W
69. Mr. C. Smith

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies which of the African Colonies have appointed mass education officers; and whether he will make a statement on the progress of their work.

Mr. Rees-Williams

Mass education officers have been appointed in the Gold Coast, Nigeria and Nyasaland and appointments in Northern Rhodesia and Tanganyika Territory are expected to be made shortly. Officers concerned with social welfare or public relations work have assumed special responsibility for mass education in the Gambia, Kenya and Uganda. Mass education projects which are in train in the various African territories are diverse in nature and notes on them appear regularly in "Oversea Education," a quarterly journal published by His Majesty's Stationery Office for the Colonial Office. Progress already made is recorded in issues since July, 1946, copies of which are being made available in the Library of the House.