§ Mr. J. Johnsonasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies his future plans regarding the activities of an Extra Mural Department of the University College of East Africa in Makerere.
§ Mr. LytteltonThe particular importance of extra-mural work in East Africa has been fully recognised. In 1952 Her Majesty's Government made a special grant from Colonial Development and Welfare funds to assist the University88W College authorities to appoint a Director of Extra-Mural Studies for an experimental period of three to four years. At the same time the Uganda Government voted £10,000 for the appointment, under the Director, of a Resident Tutor for Uganda for a similar period.
Makerere College is, in common with other colonial university institutions, an autonomous body and plans for future activities of its Extra-Mural Department are a matter for the College Council. But I understand that by August eight extra-mural centres will have been established and two new ones will be developed; also that two residential courses have been held at the College. I am informed that plans for further expansion are being prepared for submission to the College Council.