HC Deb 05 December 1955 vol 547 cc23-4W
Mr. Creech Jones

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what expenditure in Northern Rhodesia is being incurred on secondary education for Africans; what expansion is contemplated in the years ahead; and what proportion of Northern Rhodesian revenue is being spent on all the educational services for non-Europeans and for Europeans.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

The recurrent expenditure on African secondary education, 1955–56, is estimated at £69,650. The Northern Rhodesia Government hope that it will be possible for some existing single-stream secondary schools to be expanded next year by the introduction of second streams; in addition, if funds can be made available, work will start on one new local authority junior secondary school and two or three voluntary agency junior secondary schools.

Secondary school enrolment will be further increased by the increase, as a temporary measure, of the maximum size of junior secondary school classes from 30 to 35. The estimated recurrent expenditure for all African education services in 1955–56 is about £1,395,000; that is 10 per cent. of estimated total revenue. The additional expenditure on African education from capital funds is estimated at £416,000, excluding expenditure for staff housing, which is included in a block vote.

Non-African education including that of Europeans, Asians and Coloureds is the responsibility of the Federal Government.

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