HC Deb 15 March 1963 vol 673 cc216-8W
Mr. Goodhew

asked the Secretary for Technical Co-operation what technical assistance he proposes to make available for the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology at Kumasi.

Mr. Vosper

As part of the United Kingdom's technical assistance arrangements under the Special Commonwealth African Assistance Plan the British Government are making a gift of £100,000 worth of technical equipment of British manufacture to this university, which is Ghana's highest institute for technological education. The gift, which has been warmly welcomed by President Nkrumah, will be used to develop the University's Civil Engineering Faculty in which 27 British scientists and teachers are employed. The equipment, which will be delivered over a period of three years, will, it is expected, consist of research apparatus and machinery for the laboratories of Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics, Concrete Technology, Geology, and Aerodynamics, as well as equipment for chemical and bacteriological analysis.