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ordinarily sufficient. Instruction is given and classes 

 are held by the headmaster in Nairobi to enable pupil- 

 teachers to obtain the required certificates. Up to the 

 end of 19 1 1, at all events, the great and ever-increasing 

 stress of work prevented these classes being as success- 

 ful as could be desired. 



It is no unique principle which finds the education 

 authorities, from the Director of Education down to the 

 latest joined pupil-teacher, the target for abuse of all 

 kinds. " Indignant Parent's," letters to the local Press 

 are comparatively as numerous and as virulent as in 

 England. There is nothing new or even strange in 

 finding the parent of either sex show a marked 

 partiality in favour of their own offspring, a partiality 

 which tends to obscure broader issues. This trait is 

 perhaps more marked on the maternal side. Yet if 

 personal prejudices be left aside, it can hardly be denied 

 that great advance has and is being made. It is for 

 " Indignant Parent" to see that this advance goes on 

 at an ever accelerated pace. 



