ABSTRACT
Education is not something which the African has received for the first time from the white man. Many Africans, men and women, who have never been to school nor in contact with Europeans, show such dignified and tactful behaviour, and reveal so much refinement in what they say and do that they well deserve to be called 'educated'. Christian missions have in most parts of Africa been the pioneers in developing systematic educational work. The missions have behind them long experience, a staff of Native workers, and establishments for their training. It is to the interest of Government that as large a number of children as possible should find an opportunity of acquiring at least an elementary education and it is desirable that education should be religious. The unsatisfactory products of education are frequently those who have been dismissed from the schools because of their lack of qualifications and who seek a job on the grounds of their supposed knowledge.
