Colonial Social Services | History Form Three

C olonial social services were the services provided by the colonialists which involved the provision of education, health, water, housing and electrical services. Colonial Education Colonial education was provided during the colonial period. Because of poverty and discrimination few Africans were able to join schools. Objectives of Colonial Education 1. To train Africans so they may be used as administrators for lowest posts e.g. messengers and clerks. 2. Colonial education was introduced to train the sons and daughters of European colonial masters together with Asians. 3. To produce African puppets who were brainwashed to favor the colonial government . 4. To expand the market for manufactured goods from Europe. Learners in school were taught to buy the goods imported in the colonies. 5. To provide agricultural knowledge so as Africans would produce raw materials. 6. Destruction of African culture and spread of European culture. This is because learners of colonial...