REPORT OF THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION FOR 1965

INCLUDING STATISTICS FOR 1963-4

AND DEVELOPMENTS IN 1964-5

SIERRA LEONE GOVERNMENT

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EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS IN SIERRA LEONE 1964—65

1. A dministration :

(a) Administrative Measures. The new Education Act became law during the year. Its main effect is to empower the Minister to create Boards of Governors for all secondary schools and train¬ ing colleges which are assisted out of public funds. The present proprietors of such schools and colleges will be represented by 5 members on these Boards and the Local Authorities by 2, whilst the remaining 5 members will be appointed direct by the Minister. The development programme in education for the period 1964-1970 drawn up by Dr. G. F. Sleight, a Unesco Expert in Educational Planning, in consultation with the Minis¬ try, was approved by the Government subject to certain reservations; and a start has been made with its implementation. The Special Fund of the United Nations approved a request for assistance with the expansion of the Milton Margai Training College so as to double its capacity and provide for another 250 places there, to be used for the training of secondary school teachers. A Mission from the I.D.A. visited the country in connection with a request for assistance from that Association for buildings to implement this development programme. The nucleus of a planning unit has been set up within the Ministry with the Assistant Chief Education Officer in overall charge, assisted by a Statistician. The new Act prohibits discrimination in education, and the Government hopes shortly to ratify the UNESCO convention against such discrimination.

(b) Inspection. The number of Inspectors has been increased from 10 to 18 to ensure that at least one is attached to each of the 14 Local Authorities. A bi-annual meeting of all Inspectors with the Headquarters staff of the Ministry has been instituted to improve the communication of information and ideas within the Ministry.

(c) Finance. The estimated recurrent expenditure by the Ministry for 1965—66 is Le. 5,884,694 compared with Le. 5,030,842 for 1964-65. The estimated capital expenditure in the current financial year is Le. 856,676 compared with Le. 772,668 for last year. These figures again exclude about Le200,000 of expendi¬ ture by Local Authorities on education, most of which comes from primary school fees. Also excluded are figures in respect of the new University College at Njala which falls within the portfolio of the Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources. These are Le. 452,038 for recurrent and Le. 870,000 for capital expenditure.

(d) School and College Buildings: (i) The number of primary schools has increased to 794 in 1964-5. The Central Government in addition to paying 60 per cent of the capital cost of new primary schools (the balance being met by Local Authorities), has launched a pilot project for the construction of primary schools through the co-operation of 4 parties: U.S. AID providing the roofing materials, the steel frames and the tools; the Ministry of Education providing the cement and the transport to District Headquarters; the District Council providing technical supervision, storage, and transport from District Council headquarters to the sites; and the local community providing the voluntary labour and local materials such as stone, sand and timber. 150 classrooms are to be built under this pilot project this year, and if it suceeds it will be extended next year. (ii) Secondary Schools. The number of secondary schools increased from 48 in 1963-4 to 59 in 1965-6 and most secondary schools receive regular capital assistance from Government for expansion. The re-housing of the Koyeima Secondary School with Canadian assistance is expected to start next school year. A total of Le 111,000 was spent in the capital development of secondary schools last financial year and the estimate for the current financial year is Lei 15,000. (iii) Technical Institutions. No new technical institutions were established during the year but in the development pro¬ gramme there are plans for setting up a number of technical units within existing secondary schools. Technical teachers continue to be trained abroad, particularly in Israel, and a new course for training commercial teachers was opened at the Technical Institute, with the co-operation of the Milton Margai Training College. A new selection procedure was used for admission to full-time Trade Training courses using aptitude tests devised by Dr. J. L. M. Dawson of the University of Edinburgh. (iv) Teacher Training. Work was begun on the new Women's Training College at Port Loko to be built from funds provided by the Swedish Government. This Col¬ lege will admit 60 students in January, 1966 and will grow to an enrolment of about 200 students. A Day Training College was opened in , the first of its kind in the country; and it runs courses for both non-residential full-time students and non-residential part-time students, both types of course leading to the Teachers' Certificate. The number of teachers in training in the Teachers' Certificate Course increased from 206 to 262, whilst in the Diploma in Education course of the Department of Education, , the number of Sierra Leoneans increased from 10 in 1962-3 to 16 in 1964-5. (v) Higher Education. Capital development continued at Fourah Bay College, the University College of S'erra Leone with new buildings being opened for the Library and work continuing on a new 9-storey building for the Faculties of Economics and Arts to be known as the J. F. Kennedy building. A new building for the Departments of Education and Modern Languages was opened. The concessional entry to degree courses from Ordinary level 3

was extended at the request of Government to the Faculty of Science and will probably now become the standard level of entry; the length of course being 4 years instead of the 3-year course followed by those with Advanced Level qualifications. The Government increased consi¬ derably the number of scholarships available with the result that 313 Sierra Leoneans were enrolled at the College in October, 1964 as compared with 217 in Octo¬ ber, the previous year. Most of the students at the Njala University College are also on Government Scholarship. (vi) National Library. The Library services continued to expand, the emphasis now being on the opening of new branches in the Provinces. New branches were opened in Makeni, Kenema, Koidu and .

2. Quantitative Development : The number of pupils and teachers in 1964-5 were: — 120,800

„ Teachers 3,777 Secondary Pupils 12,942 665 „ Teachers Technical and Vocational Pupils 1,571 Teachers 69 Teacher—Training Students 987 84 „ Staff .. University Students 702 Staff 102

Note :—Part-time teachers not shown. 3. Organization and Structure: (а) Pre-Primary Education. There are 5 Nursery Schools, 3 in the Provinces. The Central Government continues to pay a grant towards the salaries of all qualified staff and to award scholar¬ ships to teachers who wish to be trained in this field. (б) Special Schools. The Milton Margai School for the Blind continued its work in Freetown and Cheshire Homes continued to provide facilities for handicapped children in Bo and Free¬ town. A new School for the Deaf and Dumb will shortly be opened in Freetown, to be managed by the Society for the Deaf and Dumb, and a teacher trained in Britain to run this school has returned. (c) Primary Education. The basic primary course continues to be of 7 years duration. Children are admitted at the age of 5 + (d) Secondary Education. Admission is through the Selective Entrance Examination. The proportion of those sitting to those selected is still about 25 per cent. The aim is to diversify the curriculum in all secondary schools so as to provide more technical places. In addition certain rural schools will have an agricultural bias, others in towns will have a technical bias, and certain girls' schools a vocational bias. There continue to be external examinations at the end of the third, fifth and seventh years of the courses. Only 9 of the present secondary schools have a Sixth Form. (e) Teacher-Training. The last in-take into the Teachers' Elemen¬ tary Certificate, a 3-year post-primary course was admitted in September, 1964. This course will finally disappear in July, 1967, after which all the places in the 8 training colleges will be used for training at either Teachers' Certificate level (3 years' training following at least 3 years' secondary education) or at the Teachers' Advanced Certificate level (3 years' training following School Certificate). In addition to the general Teachers' Advanced Certificate course Specialist Teachers' Advanced Certificate courses in Physical Education, Domestic Science, Art and Music are provided. At present all the Teachers' Advanced Certificate places are in the Milton Margai Training College near Freetown. Ultimately admission to Teachers' Certificate courses will be from Form V of the secondary school. (/) Technical and Vocational Education. Full-time, part-time and day-release courses are available in 2 Trade Centres and 2 Technical Institutes in a variety of fields including Motor Vehicle Mechanics, Painting and Decorating, Brickwork, Plumb¬ ing, Electrical Installation, Welding, Engineering Craft Practice, Telecommunications and Carpentry and Joinery. Fourah Bay College, the University College of Sierra Leone continues to run a 3-year Diploma in Engineering course, and hopes to start a Degree course in Engineering in October, 1965. (g) Higher Education. Fourah Bay College the University College of Sierra Leone, continues to admit a wide range of students from many countries to its courses in the Faculties of Arts, Economic Studies, and Pure and Applied Science. In Septem¬ ber, 1964 a second University College was opened at Njala which offers Degree and Certificate courses in Agriculture, Home Economics and Education. The Njala University College is assisted financially and with its staffing by U.S. AID, and associated with the University of Illinois. It admitted its first 101 students in September, 1964. Curricula, Syllabuses and Methods: (i) Primary. The Curriculum Planning Committee met during the year to keep under review the primary school curriculum and the new syllabus revised in September, 1964, and to draw up lists of recommended books to be used with the syllabus. A Publications Branch is being developed within the Ministry, and at present has 1 Education Officer (a second will be appointed shortly). This branch produces Teachers' Bulletins and Handbooks as well as editing the syllabus, and is hoping to launch a new Journal and a primary pupils' reader during the coming school year. A Publications Advisory Committee has been set up to advise on the work of the branch.

(ii) Secondary. The West African Examinations Council continues to revise the G.C.E. Syllabuses to make them better suited to the needs of the countries the Council serves. Working Parties in each country advise international panels for each subject on this curriculum revision. It is proposed by this Council to take over the G.C.E. Advanced level examination from 5

the University of London by 1970. The teaching of Science and Modern Languages is receiving special attention, and the Ministry also attaches much importance to the development of Physical Education and Sports. Canadian, British and French Technical assistance teachers and the American Peace Corps and British Graduate Voluntary Service Overseas teachers continue to make a very valuable contribution to teaching in the secondary schools. (iv) University. The University Colleges have continued to adapt their syliabuses to the needs of Sierra Leone. Fourah Bay College runs extra mural classes for adult students in various centres in Freetown and in the Provinces, and Njala University College proposes to start agricultural extension work shortly. (v) Training Colleges. The Board of Teacher Training continues its work of keeping training college syllabuses under review. It is proposed shortly to replace the Board with an Institute of Education which will link and co-ordinate the work of the training colleges with that of the University College depart¬ ments and faculties of education. This Institute will also co-ordinate the pre-service and in-service training of teachers. (vi) Methods. Within the Ministry, a School Broadcasting Unit and an Audio-Visual Centre assist the work of the teachers, and it is planned to run a Pilot Project in Educational Televi¬ sion with the assistance of the British Ministry of Overseas Development next school year. The regular programmes now being broadcast are " Clear Speech " Form I, " Practice Your English " Form I, Vingt Minutes de Français Form II, English Literature Form V and Calling All Teachers. Teachers' Notes are sent out in advance of each term's broadcasts, which now cover the Teacher Training Colleges, 51 Secondary Schools and 15 Primary Schools mostly in the Rural Areas. (vii) Text-Books. New Arithmetic text-books using Sierra Leone's decimal currency (Leones and Cents) were introduced this school year. A number of experienced teachers are assisting in developing materials for teaching the new Entebbe Mathe¬ matics, and for the third time in succession are this year attending an international workshop at Entebbe for this purpose. (viii) Science Centre. It is planned with the help of Educational Services Incorporated to set up an Elementary Science Centre at the Njala University College next school year to improve science teaching in primary schools. 5. Teaching Staff. Unqualified teachers still outnumber the qualified teachers in primary schools, but the reverse is true in secondary schools. The in-service training of teachers continued with vacation courses run by the Ministry in co-operation with various Bodies, including the U.S. AID Mission and the British Council. The conditions of service of serving teachers continued to be kept under review, and during the year Govern¬ ment decided to introduce a non-contributory pension scheme to replace the present Superannuation Scheme. Details are now being worked out and when implemented this scheme will make the salaries and conditions of service of teachers generally as attractive as those of Civil Servants. 6

6. Auxiliary Services. A number of services are provided either within the Ministry or under its aegis, for example,

(а) Public Libraries. A statutory board runs this service, and in 1964-5 had a total of 10 libraries in Freetown and the Provinces, with a total stock of 48,647 books. It also runs a primary school library service, helps secondary schools to set up and run their libraries, and arranges overseas training for its staff. (See also paragraph 1 (d) (vi).

(б) Examinations. Public Examinations other than teachers' exami¬ nations are the responsibility of the West African Examinations Council, an international body serving the Gambia, Ghana and Nigeria as well as Sierra Leone (See also paragraph 4 (ii) ).

(c) The National Museum. This is under a Committee of the Sierra Leone Society, and the Ministry has obtained from UNESCO a fellowship in a museum training centre in Jos, Northern Nigeria for a member of the staff of the Museum to qualify as a Museum Technician. Plans are being made to re-house the Museum and National Archives.

(d) The National Archives. The Archives are temporarily in the care of an honorary Archivist who is also head of the department of History at Fourah Bay College. It is proposed in due course to train a Sierra Leonean to become full-time Archivist. New Archives Legislation is due to be placed before Parliament shortly.

(e) School Meals. Thanks to the generosity of the American CARE Organisation. 400 schools and 8G.000 school children receive school lunch as daily, and this resulted in a marked improvement in both regularity of attendance and health.

7. The Honourable Minister of Education Mr. A. Wurie, c.b.e. led a delegation to the 13th Session of the General Conference of UNESCO held in Paris in October and November, 1964. He also made a tour of British educational institutions from 24th May to 17th June 1965, accompanied by the Principal Education Officer (Secondary).

8. Personnel. Mr. W. G. Jones, o.b.e., retired from the post of Chief Education Officer during the year, and many tributes were paid to the value of his contribudon to educational development in Sierra Leone. He was succeeded by Mr. W. F. Conton, whose place as Assistant Chief Education Officer was filled by Mr. G. E. O. Davies, formerly Principal Education Officer (Secondary). Mr. E. T. Cole was promoted Principal Education Officer (Secondary).

9. During the year the Honourable Minister of Education, Mr. A. Wurie, was decorated with the c.b.e., and Madam Ella Koblo Gulama was decorated with the o.b.e. whilst acting as Minister of Education. TABLE 1—NUMBERS AND DESCRIPTION OF SCHOOLS AND ENROLMENT BY EDUCATIONAL LEVEL PRIMARY SECONDARY TEACHER TRAINING TECHNICAL & VOC. HIGHER EDUCATION No. M F T No M F T No. M F T No. M F T No. M F T Govt. Schls. 2 448 278 726 8 1,848 238 2,086 2 106 100 206 4 652 173 825 Aided Schs. 775 76,628 40,521 117,149 36 6,278 2,823 9,101 4 420 95 515 2 — 340 340

— — — Unaided Schs. 13 1,070 700 1,770 2 410 79 489 — — —— —— — — — F.B.C. 1 180 37 217*

6 526 195 Total ... 790 78,146 41,499 119,645 46 8,536 3,140 11,676 721 6 652 513 1,165 1 180 37 217

♦This total excludes 294 non-Sierra Leonean Students from East, Central, West and South Africa, U.S.A. and Great Britain.

TABLE II—TEACHERS AND TEACHER TRAINING A.—Teachers in Schools and Colleges Classified by Qualifications (i) Primary Schools

GOVT. INCLUDING LOCAL A UTHORITY AIDED UNAIDED TOTAL

M F M F M F M F

— — — — (1) Graduate (qualified 2 — — 2

—— — — — (2) Graduate (unqualified) — —

— 1 — — (3) U.K.T.C. ... 4 1 6

— — (4) Teachers' Advanced Certificate 6 20 — — 6 20 43 1 216 158 — (5) Teachers'Certificate ... 1 259 160 (6) Teachers' Elementary Certificate 102 15 514 94 — 616 109 (7) Trained but Unqualified 10 20 56 75 — — 66 95 (8) School Certificate, G.C.E. or H.S.C. 3 — 14 5 — 17 5 (9) Qualifications Lower than School Certificate 91 24 1,103 522 13 37 1,207 583 (10) Technical Qualification

— — — (11) Higher Grade Domestic Science 5 174 1 — 180

Totals 249 66 1,909 1,054 13 40 2,171 1,160 Grand Total=3,331 TABLE II—TEACHERS AND TEACHER TRAINING A.—Teachers in Schools and Colleges by Qualifications (ii) Secondary Schools GOVERNMENT AIDED UNAIDED TOTAL

M F M F M F M F Graduate (qualified) 25 3 81 68 2 108 71

Graduate ... (unqualified) ... 26(4) 10 67 29 93 39 United Teachers'Certificate ... — Kingdom * 4 2 20 2 24

Teachers'Advanced ... Certificate • , ... 5 4 22 26 27 30

Teachers'Certificate ... — ... m ... 8 8 4 12 8 School Certificate and General Certificate of Education 12 64 7 9 85 7 Approved Practical Qualification 12 2 35 18 1 48 20 Others 15 4 49 15 6 1 70 20 Totals 95(4) 27 328 191 22 1 445 219 Note: (i) Totals include 95 Peace Corps Teachers and 24 Voluntary Service Overseas Teachers, (ii) Part-Time Teachers are shown in bracket.

Grand Total = 664 TABLE II—TEACHER AND TEACHER TRAINING

A.—Teachers in Schools and Colleges Classified by Qualification (iii) Technical and Vocational Schools Government Aided Total M F M F M F

Graduate (qualified) ■ 0(11) 0 2 2 2(11) 2

— —— — Graduate (unqualified) . 12(1) 12(1)

— U.K.T.C. ... 6(6) 1(2) (2) 6(6) 1(4)

T.A.C. ...

—— T.C. ... 1 4 1 4

— —— — S.C. ... 4 4 Approved Practical Qualification 2(4) 1(2) — 2 2(4) 3(2)

—— — — Others • 23(4) 23(4) Technical Qualification ——— 4 — 4

Total 44(26) 2(4) 2 16(2) 46(26) 18(6)

Note:—(i) Totals include 10 Peace Corps Teachers and 2 Voluntary Overseas Service Teachers. (ii) Part-time teachers and shown in brackets.

TABLE II—TEACHER AND TEACHER TRAINING

A.—Teachers in Schools and Colleges Classified by Qualification (iv) Teacher Training Government Aided Total M F M F M F

Graduate (qualified) ... 3 5 18 7 21 12 Graduate (unqualified) — — 3 1 3 1

— — U.K.T.C. ... 1 3 1 3

T.A.C. — — 3 — 3 —

T.C. 3 — 2 — 5 — Trained but unqualified

S.C./G.C.E. ... Other 1 1 4 — 5 1 Technical qualification — —— — — — Specialist 3 3 1 1 4 4

Total 10 9 32 12 42 21

Note:—(i) This total include 5 Peace Corps Teachers and 2 Voluntary Service Overseas Teachers. TABLE III—GENERAL EDUCATION—ENROLMENT BY CLASS AND PROVINCE A.—Primary Education Data Excluding Unaided Schools Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 S.P. I 8 S.P. II 9 Totals Sex M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F

Northern Pro¬ vince 5,862 3,657 3,103 1,988 2,881 1,288 2,218 908 1,858 642 1,483 387 1,168 271 688 120 — — 19,26! 9,261

Eastern Pro¬ vince 6,027 3,806 3,311 1,602 2,986 1,332 2,399 914 2,027 614 1,746 418 1,190 208 849 110 124 20 20,659 9,004

Southern Pro¬ vince 5,777 4,063 3,039 1,920 2,906 1,554 2,544 1,233 2,103 833 1,762 640 1,620 371 1,135 212 52 10 20,938 10,826

Western Area 2,630 2,475 2,431 2,204 2,505 2,209 2,083 1,762 1,845 1,488 1,697 1,060 1,485 1,098 681 243 — — 15,357 12,539

Total 20,29614,001 11,884 7,714 11,278 6,383 9,944 4,817 7,833 3,577 6,688 2,505 5,463 1,948 3,353 685 176 30 76,215 41,660

Total No. of

Classes — — — 137 9 146

Grand Totals 34,297 19,598 17,661 14,061 11,410 9,193 113,631 4,038 206 117,875 TABLE III—GENERAL EDUCATION—ENROLMENT BY LEVEL OF EDUCATION AND AGE

B.—Secondary Education—Prep, to Form V

Number enrolled in Age Groups PREP FORM I FORM II FORM III FORM IV FORMV TOTALS M F M F MFMFMFMF M F

Under 11

11 and under 12 2 — 1 3 0 12 and under 13 23 22 34 31 2 1 59 54 13 and under 14 56 13 213 92 15 15 1 1 285 121

14 and under 15 99 26 457 191 130 86 8 7 — — 694 310 15 and under 16 136 51 660 274 423 165 94 57 9 7 3 — 1,325 554 16 and under 17 125 36 552 254 561 230 269 119 71 22 14 3 1,592 664 17 and under 18 98 13 361 121 605 193 401 152 159 62 35 9 1,659 550 18 and under 19 32 4 152 27 288 96 402 156 268 109 119 44 1.261 436 19 and under 20 16 — 44 2 91 31 196 79 248 100 225 63 821 275 20 and under 21 6 — 11 2 29 2 59 11 98 22 192 42 395 79

21 and under 22 1 — 6 — 12 1 15 1 29 4 81 13 144 19

— — — — Over 22 2 2 4 1 10 1 31 — 49 2

Total 594 165 2,493 994 2,159 820 1,449 584 892 327 700 174 8,287 3,064 Totals 759 3,489 2,979 2,033 1 ,219 874 11,351 12

TABLE III—GENERAL EDUCATION—ENROLMENT BY LEVEL OF EDUCATION AND AGE B—Secondary Education—Form VI L—VI U Number enrolled in Age Groups Form VIL VIU

Under 11 ... M F M F

11 and under 12 — —

12 and under 13 —

13 and under 14 — —

14 and under 15 — —

15 and under 16 —

16 and under 17 — —

17 and under 18 7 1 — 18 and under 19 29 11 3 19 and under 20 25 19 8 3 20and under 21 41 13 35 15 21 and under 22 20 2 49 9

Over22 2 — 30 3

Total ... 124 46 125 30

Totals ... 170 155

TABLE III—ENROLMENT C—TEACHER TRAINING

Students admitted Total Students at Description ofCourse during the Year 30th June, 1964 M F T M F T

Diploma in Education F.B.C. 11 3 14 11 3 14 Teachers' Advanced Cert ificate 13 10 23 35 29 64 Teachers'Certificate 73 41 114 198 64 262

Teachers' Elementary Certificate ... 136 41 177 293 102 395

TABLE III—ENROLMENT D—F.B.C. STUDENTS

1963/64—Enrolment by Sex, Kind of Studies, Nationality M F

Research 1 1 Nigeria ... 225

Dip. Ed. 11 3 Sierra Leone ... 217 Arts 164 35 Gambia 25

Econs...... 183 7 Cameroon 14 Pure Science 63 3 America 10 Applied Science 29 — Ghana 6 5 6 5 Special Courses ... Nyasaland Kenya 1 456 55 Tanganyika 1 Canada 1 Sweden 1 Uganda I S.Rhodesia 1 S.Africa 1 England 1 Zanzibar 1

511 TABLE III—ENROLMENT E—TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL COURSES OTHER THAN TEACHER TRAINING GOVERNMENT AIDED Description ofCourses Full-time Day Part-time Day Evening Full-time Day Part-time Day Evening

M F M F M F M F M F M F

— — Engineering Civil ... 16 5

Engineering Mechanical Trades 62 — 128 — 48 —— — —

— — — — Engineering Electrical Trades 18 25 12 __

— — — —— — Building Trades 154 25 __

Blacksmiths and Workshop 10 — 8

— — — Surveying 6 — — — —

Commercial 12 75 — — 63 98 — 40 — 10 10

Domestic Science — — 307 20

— __ General Academic... ___ _

— — — — — Telecommunication 17 21 22 — — — —

Totals 289 75 218 — 145 98 — 347 10 30

Note:—This table does not include unaided Schools. 14

TABLE IV SECONDARY SCHOOLS

A.—Teachers by Home Countries

U.K. and Eire U.S.A. Europe Nigeria S.L. Total

M 79 72 30 16 245 442 F 47 60 3 2 110 222

Total 126 132 33 18 355 664

B.—Teachers by Qualifications Sierra Leoneans Expatriate M F M F Graduate Trained 37 26 69 46 Graduate Untrained 26 3 70 35 Nongraduate Trained 31 37 1 20 Nongraduate Untrained 167 46 41 9

Totals 261 112 181 110 TABLE V—TEACHERS BY AGENCY AND DISTRICT:—PRIMARY SCHOOLS Agency W.A. Bonthe Tonkolili Bombali Kailahun Kambia Kenema PortLoko Kono Koinadugu Bo Pujehun M FM F M F M F M F M F M F M FM FMFMFMFMF

u.c.c. ... 54 183 46 21 54 14 69 21 131 7 13 0 68 13 27 16 98 20 17 3 126 30 105 36 27 4 R.C ... 47 83 31 8 48 7 52 20 75 9 15 3 138 23 65 20 65 18 19 3 45 20 150 47 57 14

—— —— — — — — —— — — — — — R.A.C...... 80 145 ,— — — —— —— —

— —— — —— — —— — — — — — — F.C.C ... 69 180 — — — — — — —— —

— — D.C. ... — — 25 11 33 3 30 3 41 10 43 13 10 7 — — 13 5 15 3 22 7 13 4

— — — — — — — ——— — — — S.D.A...... —— 2 4 — —— — — —— — —

— —— —— Other ... 25 52 2 57 7 9 3 9 4 17 7 3 2 2 0 12 2 34 8 — —

Totals ... 275 643 79 29 184 39 156 48 236 19 78 16 258 53 119 50 166 40 51 11 198 55 311 98 97 22

918 108 223 204 255 94 311 169 206 62 253 409 119

Grand Total—3,331 TABLE VI—TEACHERS IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS BY DISTRICTS, QUALIFICATIONS AND SEX — —— GRAND TOTAL Area T.A.C U.K.T.C. T.C. T.E.C. H.G.D.SC. S.C OTHER

T M F r M F T M F T M F T M F T M F 7* M F T M F

Bo _ ___ ï 1 45 42 3 144 121 23 10 10 209 148 61 409 311 98

— ——— — Bonthe — !!! ï 1 4 4 27 23 4 2 2 74 52 22 108 79 29

—— — — — Moyamba ... — 27 22 5 85 76 9 9 9 2 1 1 130 99 31 253 198 55

— — — Pujehun ... — ï 1 5 5 — 44 41 3 1 1 68 51 17 119 97 22

— — — — Kailahun ... 2 2 23 22 1 93 89 4 1 1 2 2 132 121 13 255 236 l9 — — — — Kenema ... 1 1 34 31 3 86 71 15 3 3 2 2 185 154 31 311 258 53 Kono —— — ... 2 1 1 16 14 2 39 36 3 1 1 2 2 146 113 33 206 166 40

— — — —— Bombali ... — 16 13 3 58 48 10 4 4 5 5 121 90 31 204 156 48

—— — — — Kambia ... — — 2 2 31 29 2 2 2 59 47 12 94 78 16

— — — Koinadugu ...... 2 2 3 3 5 5 17 13 4 — — 35 31 4 62 51 11

— — Port Loko ... 3 3 1 1 8 7 1 37 33 4 2 2 118 79 39 169 119 50

— — — — — Tonkolili ... — 26 23 3 46 43 3 3 3 148 118 30 223 184 39

— —— W.A. ... 16 1 15 201 61 140 82 57 25 133 133 8 5 3 478 151 327 918 275 643

Total ...... 27 6 21 6 — 6 412 251 161 789 680 109 171 — 171 21 17 4 1,903 1,254 651 3,331 2,208 1,123 TABLE VII—PRIMARY—BOYS ENROLLED—WHOLE COUNTRY Total / II III IV V VI VII 7 Forms SPI SPII Grand % Total increase 1955—56 9,013 5,673 4,877 4,335 3,985 — 3,475 1,837 33,195 973 34,168 — 1956—57 3.9 9,599 6,301 5,405 4,082 3,726 — 3,109 2,141 54,363 1,138 35,501 — 1957—58 9-8 9,735 6,977 5,870 4,885 — 3,850 3,475 2,640 37,432 1,562 38,994 — 1958—59 12-2 11,350 7,157 7,071 5,513 4,537 3,505 2,913 42,046 1,667 55 43,768 — 1959—60 6-4 11,127 7,721 7,616 6,100 5,188 3,972 2,940 44,664 1,805 86 46,555 — 1960—61 16-3 14,365 9,171 8,302 6,756 5,709 4,551 3,117 51,971 2,079 96 54,146 — 1961—62 14.0 16,158 10,078 9,356 7,773 6,442 5,125 4,270 59,202 2,343 167 61,712 — 1962—63 8-2 18,012 10,669 9,910 8,094 6,917 5,694 4,526 63,822 2,740 201 66,763 — 1963—64 14-1 20,296 11,884 11,278 9,244 7,833 16,688 5,463 72,686 13,353 176 76,215 — TABLE VIII- PRIMARY--GIRLS ENROLLED--WHOLE COUNTRY Total I II III IV V VI VII 7 Forms SP I SP II Grand % Total ncrease

1955—56 5,465 2,552 2,162 1,801 1,534 1,203 621 14,336 428 — 14,766 9-4 1956—57 5,306 2,953 2,439 1,752 1,517 1,316 600 15,883 274 — 16,157 19-7 1957—58 5,519 3,663 2,744 2,042 1,611 1,444 728 17,751 455 — 18,206 — 17-6 1958—59 6,814 3,753 3,488 2,502 1,851 1,493 1,040 20,941 454 9 21,404 — 11-5 1959—60 7,495 4,286 3,878 2,802 2,192 1,635 1,103 23,391 449 34 23,874 — 16-2 1960—61 9,619 5,460 4,071 3,018 2,246 1,657 1,090 27,161 558 16 27,735 — 17-2 1961—62 11,119 5,986 5,209 3,465 2,758 1,927 1,466 31,930 555 19 32,506 — 10-6 1962—63 12,100 6,601 5,631 4,242 2,863 2,220 1,650 35,307 615 21 35,943 — 15-9 1963—64 14,001 7,714 6,383 4,817 3,577 2,505 1,948 40,945 685 30 41,660 — TABLE IX—PRIMARY—BOYS AND GIRLS TOGETHER—WHOLE COUNTRY

/ O I II 111 IV V VI VII 1 Forms SPI SP I1 Total crease 1955—56 13,478 8,225 — 7,039 6,136 5,519 4,678 2,458 47,533 1,401 48,934 1956—57 5-6 14,905 9,254 — 7,844 5,834 5,243 4,425 2,741 50,246 1,412 51,658 10.7 1957—58 15,254 _ 10,640 8,614 6,927 5,461 4,919 3,368 5,183 2,017 57,200 13-9 1958—59 18,164 10,910 10,559 8,015 6,338 4,998 3,953 62,987 2,121 64 65,172 81 1959—60 18,622 12,007 11,494 8,902 7,380 5,607 4,043 68,055 2,254 120 70,429 16-3 1960—61 23,984 14,631 12,373 9,774 7,955 6,208 4,207 79,132 2,637 112 81,881 151 1961—62 27,277 16,064 14,565 11,238 9,200 7,052 5,736 91,132 2,900 186 94,218 9 0 1962—63 30,112 17,270 15,541 12,336 9,780 7,914 6,176 9,129 3,355 222 102,706 14-3 1963—64 34,297 19,598 17,661 14,061 11,410 9,193 7,411 113,631 4,038 206 117,873 20

TABLE X—PUPIL TEACHER RATIO

Average P/T Ratio for Whoie Country is 35:1

Area Number of Primary Schools with less than 20 20-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 over 50 Total

Bo 2 21 38 17 17 4 7 106 Bonthe 6 19 9 13 3 — 4 54 Moyamba 2 23 23 14 8 6 7 83 Pujehun 4 18 18 4 5 2 4 55 Kailahun — 14 20 16 9 7 6 72 Kenema 2 15 29 21 14 5 10 96 Kono 2 8 10 10 6 6 4 46 Bombali — 5 12 8 1 1 1 28 Kambia — 2 5 9 1 — 4 21 Koinadugu 2 3 8 4 — 2 3 22 PortLoko 2 8 9 13 5 2 7 46 Tonkolili — 7 19 14 8 4 5 57 W.A. — 26 41 15 6 3 — 91

Total 22 169 241 158 83 42 62 777

TABLE XI—NUMBER OF SCHOOLS BY HIGHEST CI-ASS PROVIDED HIGHEST CLASS Area Total I II III /F F VI VII S.P. I S,P. II

Bo 11 11 2 15 10 12 14 30 1 106 Bonthe 3 8 5 7 12 6 8 5 — 54 Moyamba 4 4 4 15 15 15 6 17 3 83 — 4 6 16 9 8 7 5 55 Pujehun ... 11 1 72 Kailahun ... 7 8 10 8 4 10 13 11 — 96 Kenema ... 17 10 8 9 10 18 13 Kono 1 3 6 9 6 9 6 2 4 46 Bombali 1 3 2 2 1 1 8 10 — 28

— — — — 5 21 Kambia ... 2 4 5 5 Koinadugu 3 6 2 3 3 — 2 3 — 22 Port Loko 4 4 7 2 6 8 7 8 — 46 10 11 — 57 Tonkolili ... 10 3 5 6 5 7 W.A. 5 12 7 4 3 12 28 20 — 91

Total 68 76 68 96 84 111 127 138 9 777

Aided Schools only. O.P. 0/6998/65/1,000/11.65.