HC Deb 14 November 1960 vol 630 cc14-5W
Mr. Brockway

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what percentage of children of school age are attending schools in each of the Colonial, Trusteeship and Protectorate Territories for which his Department retains responsibility.

Mr. Iain Macleod

The following are estimated figures for 1959:

Primary Education Secondary Education
Per cent. Per cent.
West Africa:
Sierra Leone 18 2.8
Gambia 13 2.5
East and Central Africa:
Kenya (6 year primary and 6 year secondary). 56 3
Uganda 45 2.1
Tanganyika (6 year primary and 6 year secondary). 27 1.6
Northern Rhodesia (Africans). 60 2
Nyasaland Protectorate (Africans). 60 1.2
Zanzibar 31 4.4
Far East:
North Borneo 67 8
Sarawak 68 6
Brunei 100 11
Hong Kong 60 12
West Indian Territories:
The West Indies:
Barbados 96 36
Jamaica 82 6
Antigua 95 31
Montserrat 95 10
St. Kitts-Nevis Compulsory 17
Trinidad 91 14
Dominica Compulsory 18
Grenada 78 14
St. Lucia 95 8
St. Vincent 99 9
British Guiana 100 25
British Honduras 100 15
British Virgin Islands. 95 10
Mediterranean:
Gibraltar Compulsory 27
Malta 100 36
Western Pacific:
Fiji 91 23
Gilbert and Ellice Islands. Compulsory 0.5
British Solomon Islands Protectorate. 66
Tonga Compulsory 6
Atlantic and Indian Oceans:
Bahamas 100 18
Bermuda Compulsory 55
Aden Colony 33 20
Mauritius 100 29
Seychelles 91 18

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