20 FEBRUARY 1959, Page 21

Christianity's Lost Continent

John K. Orleans Lindsay The Case Against the Architect James K. Scott, Alan May

Meeting the People Silvan Jones Malaise in India Gev. Surti Peter's Reforms David Henschel ,The Rumbotham Saga Kenneth Allsop John Gordon Graham Greene Prison Bogey Donald H. Chdpman The Middle East Henry Adler Cars Across the Channel 0. R. C. Prior Travel Grants to the US Sir Francis Fogarty LCC Procedure Geo/jrey Rippon, MP Lacuna in Laocoiin Anthony Dent Sour Grapes Frank Littler

CHRISTIANITY'S LOST CONTINENT

SIR,—.1 hope you will allow me to correct an error of fact as well as of implication in Mr. .Northcott's article, 'Christianity's Lost Continent.'

The State of Ghana has never adopted the policy of taking over any schools, either in the villages or in the towns. In fact, getting to the end of 1956, all Primary and middle schools directly managed by the Ghana Government were handed over to the local authorities and the Missionary Education Units which still directly manage all schools. Bad management of village schools by 'old Christian pastors' is, howeVer, contrary to the Ghana Ministry of Education policy, and such schools auto- matically fall into the hands of the local authorities which are more efficient in school management.

In all Ghana primary and middle schools under the management of either local authorities or Missionary Education Units, the children receive religious instruc- tion either of a denominational or undenominational Christian character, and take part in a daily corporate act of worship. Apparently the old Christian pastor Was pathetically bleating about nothing.—Yours faithfully,