§ Mr. Swinglerasked the Secretary for Technical Co-operation what amounts have been spent since March 1962 on Commonwealth scholarships and bursaries, postgraduate scholarships, and bursaries for technical training below the level of the General Certificate of Education, respectively; and in what subjects.
Mr. CarrThe amounts spent are as follows:
Commonwealth Scholarships and Bursaries, 1st April, 1962, to 31st December, 1963—Scholarships £835,035; Bursaries £582,806.
Subjects for study under the Scholarship scheme are in arts, pure science, technology, medicine, dentistry, agriculture and forestry, veterinary science and social studies.
Commonwealth Bursaries are awarded for teachers for courses on various aspects of education and subjects of the primary and secondary school curriculum.
The amount spent on training at postgraduate and comparable levels cannot readily be identified but the total amount spent at this and lower levels under Regional Programmes of Technical Assistance during the period 1st April, 1962, to 30th November, 1963, was £2,049,025. Courses under these programmes cover a wide variety of subjects in the administrative, technical and scientific fields.
§ Mr. Swinglerasked the Secretary for Technical Co-operation how many bursaries have been provided for Commonwealth students to be trained as technical teachers since March, 1962; from which countries they have come; and what facilities have been provided during their training for gaining experience in industry.
Mr. CarrSeventy-five bursaries have been provided for Commonwealth 175W students to be trained in Britain as technical teachers since March, 1962, from the following countries:—
British Guiana 1 British Honduras 1 Ceylon 2 Ghana 4 India 15 Jamaica 1 Kenya 1 Malaya 1 Malta 6 Federal Nigeria 1 Eastern Nigeria 8 Northern Rhodesia 2 Pakistan 7 Sierra Leone 3 Tanganyika 2 Trinidad 16 Uganda 4 These figures include 17 bursars attending a new type of two-year course which includes study in a technical college and industrial experience as well as a session spent in a technical teacher-training college.
176WThese bursars come from the following countries:—
British Honduras 1 Ceylon 1 Ghana 4 Malta 4 Eastern Nigeria 2 Sierra Leone 1 Tanganyika 2 Uganda 2 In making arrangements for industrial experience colleges are taking account of each bursar's need.