HC Deb 31 January 1957 vol 563 cc224-5W
Mr. Orbach

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the number of primary, secondary and technical schools in the Colony and Protectorate of Sierra Leone and the number of African students from the Colony and Protectorate, respectively, at present studying in the United Kingdom.

Mr. Profumo

There are 88 primary schools, 12 secondary schools and two technical schools in the Colony of Sierra Leone, and 377, 11 and two, respectively, in the protectorate. Figures are not available of the domicile of all the 765 Sierra Leonean students in the United Kingdom, but of those awarded Government Scholarships 91 come from the Colony and 37 from the Protectorate.