Tanganyika under United Kingdom administration : report by Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the General Assembly of the United Nations.

  • Great Britain. Colonial Office.
Date:
[1959]
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Credit: Tanganyika under United Kingdom administration : report by Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the General Assembly of the United Nations. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    >45. With reference to paragraph 16 of the document, the figure for 3rentices who had been issued with certificates on satisfactory completion of iir on-training was 309 up to the end of 1958. The figure for 1959 is 117. 546. The details of sex of qualified teachers who successfully completed their ining in 1956 and subsequent years, asked for in paragraph 19 of document [429, are as follows: Male Female Total 1956 738 223 961 1957 624 250 874 1958 703 278 981 1959 458 188 646 (b) Primary, Middle and Secondary Education 547. The Council considered that a special and detailed study should be de to determine the exact causes of unfilled places in African primary and idle schools and recommended the submission to the Council of detailed Donation on this question, together with a statement of measures taken to rect the situation. The Council also recommended a special promotion npaign should be undertaken by all possible means to spread a realisation of purposes and benefits of education. >48. During the year a detailed study on the lines recommended by the uncil has been instituted. The collection of data is proceeding but is not yet nplete. When figures are available an analysis will be carried out and estigations made, with the assistance of African staff in the Department of acation, into the causes of unfilled places, including places unfilled through stage. It will then be possible to decide the best methods in areas where the >blem is serious of impressing a realisation of the purposes and benefits of ication. (c) Higher and Vocational Education >49. The Council expressed the hope that the Administering Authority uld take further measures towards the establishment in Tanganyika of titutions of higher learning including a University College in the nearest isible future. >50. The position in regard to the implementation of the report of the 1958 >rking Party on Higher Education is described elsewhere in this Report. It is icipated that during 1960 a Quinquennial Advisory Committee will visit the >t African territories to consider the financial provision necessary for higher ication in East Africa in the period 1961-1966. It is the intention that this mmittee should visit Tanganyika and make proposals regarding the provision ich should be made during 1961-1966 for the establishment of a University liege in Tanganyika, which would open its doors to students in the succeeding nquennial period. >51. The Council recommended that the Administering Authority should e all necessary measures consistent with the needs and interests of the ritory and its inhabitants to enable Tanganyikans to take full advantage of scholarships offered abroad under United Nations scholarship schemes. The nber of candidates suitable for higher education is increasing annually and