ABSTRACT
In every British territory in Africa the ultimate authority in education is the Government. The Portuguese attitude to native education as a function of Government is one of almost complete indifference. The Government is concerned to get educational efficiency and the missions are concerned to have men of a certain religious persuasion. On the West Coast, however, a principle of educational administration is in operation which has never been followed in England, although pressure is often brought to bear on the Board of Education to adopt it. The conditions on the West Coast are much more like those in England where church and school are separate, even though they may be separate departments of the same thing. The form of religious exercises that are carried on are very much of the type that exists in English “provided” schools under the Cowper-Temple clause.
