Restriction or Resistance? French Colonial Educational Development in Cambodia

Creator

Thomas Clayton

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Publisher

Arizona State University, University of South Florida

Publication Date

December 1995

Abstract

By 1944, after eight decades of French colonial control, only a small percentage of eligible students in Cambodia attended French schools. Several scholars argue on the basis of such evidence that the French purposefully restricted education for Cambodians in order first to achieve and then to maintain power in the colony. This article examines educational development in Cambodia during the French colonial period and concludes that the lack of Cambodian educational participation stemmed from Cambodian resistance, rather than French planning. French educational reforms sought to understand Cambodian resistance, to overcome it, and to draw Cambodians into schools dedicated to the training of colonial civil servants.

Keywords

Education--Cambodia

Extent

14

Geographic Location

Cambodia

Volume

3

Issue

19

Language

English

Media Type

Journals (Periodicals)

Format

Digital Only

Identifier

E11-00048

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.

Recommended Citation

Clayton, Thomas, "Restriction or Resistance? French Colonial Educational Development in Cambodia" (1995). Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA). 297.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/usf_EPAA/297