Mr. Colin Jacksonasked the Minister of Overseas Development (1) what proportion of the books under the less expensive book scheme is concerned with agricultural education for the current year; and how this compares with the three previous years;
(2) what was the number of instructional manuals suitable for agricultural education which were issued under the less expensive book scheme during the years 1967 to 1969, inclusive; and to which countries have such books been made available.
§ Mrs. HartOf the 395 titles at present available under the Low-Priced Books Scheme, 7 deal with agricultural subjects and a further 7 with the related subjects
349Wof biology, entomology and botany. The figures for the three previous years are as follows:
1968 1967 1966 Total titles available … 380 359 349 Agricultural titles … 7 7 7 Biology, etc. titles … 8 8 8 Instructional manuals in the narrow sense of the phrase are not published under the Low-Priced Books Scheme, which primarily provides college and university textbooks.
Books are available under the Scheme in 45 countries in Africa and Asia. They are:
Africa
Burundi: The Federal Republic of Cameroon: Central African Republic: Republic of Chad: Congo Republic: Democratic Republic of the Congo: Republic of Dahomey: Ethiopia: French Territory of the Afars and Issas (formerly French Somaliland) Republic of Gabon: Gambia: Ghana: Guinea: Republic of Ivory Coast: Kenya: Liberia: Malagasy Republic: Malawi: Republic of Mali: Republic of Mauritania: Mauritius: Republic of Niger: Nigeria: Republic of Rwanda: Republic of Senegal: Sierra Leone: Somali Republic: Tanzania: Togo Republic: Uganda: Republic of Upper Volta: Zambia.
Asia
Afghanistan: Brunei: Burma: Ceylon: Hong Kong: India: Indonesia: Malaysia: Nepal: Pakistan: Singapore: Thailand: Vietnam.