Excess success

This year, however, the two African schools had good sixth forms (final years) and achieved a very high pass rate at A-level. There were more Africans than the authorities expected who were qualified to come to the University College. The authorities gave scholarships to all these school leavers, but this exhausted the funds available for African higher education, and rather than allocate more funds for this purpose the authorities raided the funds set aside for loans.

Of the twenty-four students without scholarships at the beginning of the academic year, WUS has been able to assist four. Twenty more students are now on the verge of expulsion from the University College, due to inability to pay fees. A year of study at the University College costs £250.