ASSIGNMENT 02
Name : Bongi
Surname : Zaca
Module code : SAE3701
Unique code : 779097
Due date : 19 May 2022
Student number : 56539711
, QUESTION 1
1. How did colonisation and missionary education change pre-colonial
societies? (5)
- The discovery of minerals expanded the economic activities; more
and more blacks were drawn into wage labour. People's attitudes
to education began to change too. Education was seen more and
more as a way into the dominant economic and social system. And
so, people began to demand education. Educated blacks were an
elite group compared with other blacks who had little or no
education. Missionaries and their schools were part of the changes
that were happening in South Africa. Mission education played its
part in creating new social groups- workers and the elite in a
society divided along lines of colour and class.
2. What criticisms of mission education does Christie put forward?
Discuss the validity of her criticisms. (5)
Industrial and manual education- This is the type of education
which mission school included as part of the curriculum. This
has been controversial aspects of mission education. Industrial
and manual education reflects the missionaries’ belief in the
value of hard work; and it was because they wanted to train
people to take up jobs of different sorts in the economy. The
government also encouraged industrial training. Critics argue
that the industrial training offered by missions was not of a high
enough standard to prepare people to take up skilled work.
Racism and subordination- Mission schools were usually
segregated on lines of colour. And even where schools did
admit whites and black together, segregation was still practised.
At Love-dale for example, students slept and played sports
separately. Though they are in one dining hall, they ate at
separate tables.
Name : Bongi
Surname : Zaca
Module code : SAE3701
Unique code : 779097
Due date : 19 May 2022
Student number : 56539711
, QUESTION 1
1. How did colonisation and missionary education change pre-colonial
societies? (5)
- The discovery of minerals expanded the economic activities; more
and more blacks were drawn into wage labour. People's attitudes
to education began to change too. Education was seen more and
more as a way into the dominant economic and social system. And
so, people began to demand education. Educated blacks were an
elite group compared with other blacks who had little or no
education. Missionaries and their schools were part of the changes
that were happening in South Africa. Mission education played its
part in creating new social groups- workers and the elite in a
society divided along lines of colour and class.
2. What criticisms of mission education does Christie put forward?
Discuss the validity of her criticisms. (5)
Industrial and manual education- This is the type of education
which mission school included as part of the curriculum. This
has been controversial aspects of mission education. Industrial
and manual education reflects the missionaries’ belief in the
value of hard work; and it was because they wanted to train
people to take up jobs of different sorts in the economy. The
government also encouraged industrial training. Critics argue
that the industrial training offered by missions was not of a high
enough standard to prepare people to take up skilled work.
Racism and subordination- Mission schools were usually
segregated on lines of colour. And even where schools did
admit whites and black together, segregation was still practised.
At Love-dale for example, students slept and played sports
separately. Though they are in one dining hall, they ate at
separate tables.
