§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make available to Namibians aid to help implement their desire to substitute English for Afrikaans as the lingua-franca.
§ Mr. RifkindBritain has been providing training for Namibians in various subjects for the past three years. Starting this year, we have organised and are financing a
First Test Retests All Tests Motor Vehicles Trailers Motor Vehicles Trailers No. Tested 522,493 202,624 115,147 29,994 870,258 Pass 414,509 174,240 105,120 27,616 721,485 Fail 107,984 28,384 10,027 2,378 148,773 Percentage Fail 20.67 14.01 8.71 7.93 17.01 The main reasons for failure were as follows:
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Motor Vehicles Percentage of vehicles inspected 1. Service brake performance 6.768 2. Secondary brake performance 6.194 3. Parking brake performance 5.575 special two-year course in the United Kingdom for 14 Namibian students who are working for a diploma in the teaching of English overseas.
In addition, we are providing a package of assistance to the Churches' English language project in Namibia, including consultancy advice, books and training in the United Kingdom for six local project staff. We are currently recruiting an English language expert to continue work on curriculum development for Namibian administration trainees and teacher trainers at the United Nations institute for Namibia in Lusaka.
§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what facilities the Government have provided for sponsoring students from inside Namibia for scholarships to study in the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. RifkindStudents resident in Namibia can be nominated for United Kingdom training awards to the British Embassy in South Africa by political parties or other interested groups within the country. Namibians resident elsewhere can be nominated to British Council offices in their country of residence.