§ Mr. Wallasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the number of African district council schools in the Northern Province of Nyasaland on 1st January, 1958; and how many of these were originally mission schools.
§ Mr. Lennox-Boyd,pursuant to his reply OFFICIAL REPORT, 23rd January, 1958; Vol. 580, c. 193], supplied the following information:—
There are fourteen district council schools in the Northern Province of Nyasaland, all of which were taken over from the Church of Scotland Mission, Livingstonia, at the specific request of the Mission. There are also 57 auxiliary schools administered by the Mzimba District Education Committee: 38 of these were Church of Scotland unassisted schools which were taken over at the request of the Mission, and 19 are Roman Catholic schools with which the Roman Catholic Mission is still very closely associated.