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Civics And Parliamentary Government (Education)

Volume 521: debated on Thursday 26 November 1953

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asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what information he has of institutions existing in British Guiana for training the people of the Colony in the problems to be encountered by responsible Ministers in democratic government; on what date the institutions were established; and if he will place a copy of the syllabus in the Library of the House of Commons.

Essentially these are problems to be learnt from experience and there are no institutions in British Guiana for the purpose in question. The local schools have, however, taught civics, including lessons on democratic government, for many years. This teaching was intensified immediately before and after the setting up of the new Constitution.The British Council, in co-operation with the Extra-Mural Department of the University College of the West Indies, has provided material for simple lectures on Parliamentary government and had distributed booklets on the British system of Government.