A further factor may be the proximity of the school to the community. If
there are village schools or similar, these will probably be integrated into the
village community and the teachers will play a part in community life. If, on
the other hand, the children are obliged to go to large centralized schools or
boarding schools, there is little connection with the community, and one
possible consequence is that the parents take little interest in their children's
education. Burns (1965) reports that one factor leading to outbreaks of
indiscipline at some boarding schools (which generally constituted the
secondary schools) in Rhodesia (1962), Swaziland (1960), Uganda {1959)
and Zambia (1960) was the lack of personal ties between the school and the
community. He also considers it unfortunate that the parents were not
unduly perturbed when their children were expelled as a result.