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(a)What made the colonial government to consider seriously its participation in education (b) What was the starting point for government participation

(a)What made the colonial government to consider seriously its participation in education? (b) What was the starting point for government participation?

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Benjamin
a) The colonial government began to think seriously about education due to the following reasons

•There was pressure from the whites settlers who wanted to see their children educated since they contributing to the growth of the country's economy
•The colonials realised that they needed skilled labour that was cheap instead of engaging expensive labour from Asians
•The colonial government needed the services of literate chiefs,village herdmen

b)Starting point for government participation

The colonial government started by inviting J.Nelson Frazer in 1908,a man who had education experiences from india,to survey the education system in existence and recommend ways of organising it.It is after recommendations made by Frazer that the government started to participate in education in 1910.Before then education was solely in the hands of the missionaries
Kalis answered the question on March 21, 2018 at 14:06

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