Annual report on Sierra Leone / Colonial Office.

  • Great Britain. Colonial Office.
Date:
[1958]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Annual report on Sierra Leone / Colonial Office. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Technical Education The staffing position improved considerably during the year and the Freetown Technical Institute expanded its range of courses. At the branch institute at Kenema in the South-Eastern Province, which is residential, shortage of funds hindered work on the completion of buildings, but nevertheless courses of instruction in technical and commercial subjects were held. The full enrolment in the Technical Institutes in 1958 was as follows: Enrolment in Technical and Vocational Courses other than Teacher- Training Courses Description of Courses Full-time Day Part-time Day Evening Classes Male Female Male Female Male Female Engineering (Mechanical) . 63 100 92 Engineering (Electrical, in¬ cluding Telecommunica¬ tions) .... 26 28 65 Carpentry 51 — 42 — 30 — Masonry 27 — 5 — 13 — Painting and Decorating . 10 — — — 3 — G.C.E. (Ordinary and Ad¬ vanced) 10 _ _ 120 58 Commercial 30 18 38 54 71 90 Pre-Apprentice / Preliminary (Technical) . 18 __ 63 _ Instructor/Teacher-training 11 1 — — — — TOTALS . 246 19 213 54 457 148 Scholarships The Government continued its policy of awarding a large number of scholarships for secondary and higher education and for teacher training. The number of scholarships held in 1958 (excluding those awarded by Government departments to members of their staff) was as follows: 1957 1958 Teacher training ...... 583 604* Secondary education ..... 1,416 l,647f Higher School Certificate studies at secondary schools ....... 65 65 Post-School Certificate studies at Fourah Bay College ....... 14 12 Higher education at Fourah Bay College and overseas. 302 302 * Includes teachers on “ study leave ” and excludes students taking the post-graduate Diploma. t Excludes certain pupils at Government secondary schools whose tuition fees are waived.