Nyasaland 1875 - 1939

Abstract

Education is of great importance in the lives of peoples and human societies because of its great impact that is reflected on their lives and their development in all areas of life. Nyasaland received education from an early age at the hands of missionaries in the missionary missions that arrived in the seventies of the nineteenth century, as Livingstone was enthusiastic about spreading religion. Christianity among the Africans, and accordingly the first school was opened by the Livingstone Mission in 1875. It was the first seed for the later development of education in Nyasaland and the spread of schools established by the various missions and had an important role in raising the level of education among the people in Nyasaland. However, education In the early years, primary education was limited due to the lack of support from the occupying authorities, the British government, as well. About the unwillingness of some people in Nyasaland to send their children to schools because they feared they would change their religion, but that was not a barrier, and the number of students began to increase and the schools continued to develop, as a result of the response from the majority of the residents of the region, which was an incentive for the missions to open institutes. Among them is the Overton Institute in the northern region, which introduced solid education curricula that do not rely only on reading and writing. Rather, the English language was introduced to be taught for three years, and this is what the missions always sought to spread their language and culture in order to penetrate and integrate with the population in a way that guarantees their interests in the future, and the Institute Henry Henderson in the southern region, and accordingly the number of schools and students began to increase significantly year after year, and we must highlight the Phelps Stokes Committee, which visited Nyasaland and whose decisions were of great importance in the development of education, as its visit resulted in the establishment of an education department in 1925, by the government Colonialism means that the government took it upon itself to support the education sector in cooperation with the missions, and accordingly the education sector took more organized steps than before, in addition to establishing the Jeans Training Center in 1929.which had a significant impact on the development of education because it took upon itself to improve teaching in the classroom, and adapt the subjects to life, and this was emphasized by the African and other countries. Important things that.