Abstract:
Since the Conference was intended to promote informal
discussion about the history syllabus for the School and higher
School Certificate exanimations, it was decided" not to issue any
formal report, but in response to many requests the lectures
have been cyclostyled. Certain suggestions which commanded a
fair measure of agreement were 9 however, submitted to the
Cambridge University Local examinations Syndicate and to the
various education authorities in the Federation. These suggestions
are set out at the end of my lecture on 'The Case for African History'.
From the replies I have received it would appear that a good deal
of further thought and discussion is called for before the education
authorities would be prepared to recommend alterations to the
existing syllabus. Undoubtedly one chief drawback to giving a more
prominent place to the history of Africa is the lack of adequate
textbooks. It is hoped that this deficiency will be remedied in
the next few years. Certainly no person seriously concerned with
education in this country can remain complacent in face of a situation
in which so little teaching is given in the higher forms regarding
the history of. The continent in which we live.
