Articles have appeared from time to time in this journal on the use of vernaculars in African education. The policy of using the vernacular in schools is general in British dependencies, and is in conformity with Memoranda on the subject issued by the Colonial Office Advisory Committee on Education in the Colonies. In non-British territories policy varies; in some the vernaculars are the medium of instruction, while in others the use of them in the schools i s discouraged or actually banned.