Formal Education in Gold Coast-Ghana: An Overview of Colonial Policies and Curriculum from 1919 to 1927

Prior to the arrival of Europeans in 15th century, education existed Gold Coast (now Ghana) with goal introducing young people into society by teaching children traditions and values community, as well meaning life. However, Great Britain, during colonization, implemented their own form within Coast. Britain thought it was responsibility bring modern world using lift natives a higher level civilization. The Christian missionaries’ eagerness propagate faith through British colonial governments’ educational policies, character-training curriculum, desire civilize natives, instead became tool achieve social control over Coast-Ghana which resulted cultural annihilation, religious, linguistic hegemony.