HC Deb 19 December 1956 vol 562 c171W
89. Mr. Sorensen

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what action is being taken by the Director of Education in the Seychelles to require school managers in Praslin to send children who have passed Standard VI examination to the modern secondary school in order that children, now deprived of primary education, may thus find places.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

None. The choice of school is a matter for parents and the school managers have no power to send children to the Modern School. In any case, no children are being deprived of primary education; there are many places available and not filled.

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