ABSTRACT
Education among the Chiga contains none of the formal features which we so often find in East Africa. There is no development of the age-grade idea, no formal schooling, and very little compulsion of any sort. Children are subjected to direct Christian training, but can learn little of the older ways. Their fathers, even those who want to, have little experience in describing or explaining their practices, and they dare not let the children take part in any ceremonies they may risk performing in secret, for children may be informers. Basic aspects of social organization and the way it functions are acquired readily enough by everyone through ordinary daily experience. In some individuals the realization that trust should be extended only with caution and rarely expected in return is accompanied by a general hypersensitivity and cautiousness which is almost anxiety.
