§ Mr. G. M. Thomsonasked the Minister of State for Commonwealth Relations what information he has received from the Governments of Canada, Australia, India, Pakistan, New Zealand, the Federation of Malaya, Ghana, the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Ceylon, and East Africa, respectively, regarding the progress of their plans for the award of scholarships under the Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan.
§ Mr. R. ThompsonI understand from the Association of Universities of the British Commonwealth, which is responsible for recording the progress of the Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan, that the position is as follows. (Except where otherwise stated the number of awards quoted means the number offered for the first year.)
Canada
Canada proposes to make 100 scholarship awards tenable from October, 1960. Twenty nominations from the United Kingdom have been requested.
Australia
Offers of scholarships, tenable from March, 1961, for study in Australia have now been made to Commonwealth countries. Twenty-five nominations from the United Kingdom have been requested.
New Zealand
New Zealand has announced the offer to other Commonwealth countries of a total of 26 scholarships and fellowships, tenable at any one time. Up to 5 nominations have been requested from the United Kingdom for scholarships tenable from March, 1961.
India
India has announced the offer of 45 scholarships and fellowships to scholars from various countries of the Commonwealth and details of the awards are awaited.
Federation of Malaya
Offers of Malayan postgraduate awards were made to over ten Commonwealth countries, including the United Kingdom, 78W in May this year; the awards are tenable from May, 1961.
Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
The Federal Government is offering about 5 postgraduate scholarships, Visiting Fellowships and mature awards to other Commonwealth countries, including the United Kingdom, tenable from January, 1961.
East Africa
The East African Governments have offered two scholarships tenable at Makerere College, the University College of East Africa. Nominations have been requested from the United Kingdom.
2. So far as the other countries listed are concerned, Pakistan, Ghana and Ceylon announced offers of scholarships at the Commonwealth Education Conference in 1959, but no details of the awards are yet available.
3. South Africa has offered a total of 20 scholarships tenable at any one time. Five nominations from the United Kingdom have been requested.
4. The Association of Universities of the British Commonwealth proposes to publish a full report of the work done under the Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan as a whole after the end of the first year of operation.