The Struggle for the School. The Interaction of Missionary, Colonial Government and Nationalist Enterprise in the Development of Formal Education in Kenya

Bibliographic Data

ID3932197
AuthorsF B Welbourn, John Anderson (0000-0003-0682-3780), John Jacob Anderson
Year1974
Volume6
Issue2
Pages150
Publication date1974-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Religion in Africa (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-4200 • E-ISSN: 1570-0666
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/1594891
OpenAlexW1984718773
LanguageEN
Citations received15

Although Kenya is taken as a specific case study, this book has a much broader scope which encompasses the development of the formal education system in African countries in general. Three related themes are explored; the lack of relevance of the alien school system inherited at independence; the importance of the struggle which took place over the control of the schools in the history of the independence movement; and the educational dilemma which faces the new nations now that independence has been achieved-schools are the focal point of competitive tensions yet they also promise ordered and rapid development. A most important contribution to a field in which little has yet been published

Colonialism · Dilemma · Economic growth · Economics · Epistemology · Government (linguistics) · Independence (probability theory) · Nationalism · Political science · Politics · Scope (computer science) · Sociology · African history and culture analysis · Law

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