A history of church missionary society high schools in Uganda, 1900-1924: the education of a protestant elite.

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dc.contributor.authorWatson, Tom
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-19T21:16:25Z
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-07T15:53:01Z
dc.date.available2016-03-19T21:16:25Z
dc.date.available2020-01-07T15:53:01Z
dc.date.issued1968
dc.description.abstractHistory is a story of challenge and response this study shows the challenge of higher education to the peoples of Uganda during the formative period between 1900 and 1924, and their response to it. The Church Missionary Society willingly entered the field of secular education. Its pioneer headmaster, Mr. C.W. Hattersley, the Rv. HW and the Rev. R.T.C Weatherhead forged a pattern of High school education in Buganda resembling the British Public School. After 1909 the mission began similar schools, primarily, for the sons of chiefs, in the eastern similarly, Miss A.L. Allens practical form of training at Gayaza Girl’s High School was adopted elsewhere. Why did the Buganda respond so so readily to this form of education? Realizing after the 1900 Uganda Agreement that future success depended upon a knowledge of English, their chiefs followed the example of Sir Apolo Kagwa, Buganda’s Katikiro, in sending their sons to Mengo High School and to King’s School, Budo. The desire to learn English gave the CMS missionaries considerable advantages over the French speaking white Fathers and the Dutch-speaking Hill Fathers. In addition, the CMS High Schools received strong support from British Officials. They relied upon these schools to supply the educated clerks and chiefs upon which the policy of Indirect Rule depended. The main emphasis in this work is upon Uganda’s varied ethnic groups and their initial response to the C.M/S High School movement.en_US
dc.identifier.citationWatson, T. (1968) A history of church missionary society high schools in Uganda, 1900-1924: the education of a protestant elite. Masters dissertation, University of East Africa. Available at (http://41.86.178.3/internetserver3.1.2/detail.aspx)en_US
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dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of East Africaen_US
dc.subjectEducation historyen_US
dc.subjectHigh schoolsen_US
dc.subjectMissionary Societyen_US
dc.subjectUgandaen_US
dc.subjectChurch Missionary Society Ugandaen_US
dc.titleA history of church missionary society high schools in Uganda, 1900-1924: the education of a protestant elite.en_US
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