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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 1911, 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. 
