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necessary money would be forthcoming.

The Report was approved in the light of the

foregoing discussion.

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Nyasaland Protectorate:

Secondary Education for

Africans. (A.C.E.C. 37/38). The Chairman outlined the

position as given in the paper unuer discussion. The question had arisen whether Secondary education of Africans should be controlled entirely by the Government, by Missions, or by a Governing body with representatives of both sides

upon it. Hr. Lacey, the Director of Education, had informed the Sub-Committee that there was no possibility

of a federation of the non-Roman Lissions for joint control of a secondary school. It had therefore been decided that a Senior school, with pupils ageu 16 - 20, should be

maintained by the Government, and two Junior schools be supported by the Missions. r. Dougall believed however that u grave mistake had been made as regards the alleged unwillingness of Missions in Nyasaland to combine in supporting a joint school, and that there would be no

opposition to such an undertaking from the Missions at home. He believed that the Sub-Committee had been under a ris- apprehension as to the difficulties. The Governor had accordingly been asked for a definite assurance that the proposals for a joint school had been considered by the non- Roman Kissions in Nyasalanu but not approved by them. reply he had received the following wire:-

In

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...Please see paragraph 5 and paragraph 6 of the enclosure of your despatch of the 27th October 1937 No.439. In August this year non-Roman Catholic missions re-affirmed that they are not able to form any legal feueration

which

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