Education Through Labor: From the deuxième portion du contingent to the Youth Civic Service in West Africa (Senegal/Mali, 1920s-1960s)

International audienceUnder the French colonial regime, the “second portion” of the military was used as labour brigades, compelled to serve for two years in works of public nature. They were encamped in labor camp and were taught the value of work as well as discipline and basic rules of hygiene. After the independence of the francophone West African countries in 1960, postcolonial leaders in Senegal and Mali try to implement a civil service for the youth in order to offer them basic education. In reality, the civil service appears as a way to control and use the recruits for economic purposes echoing in some extent the former colonial “second portion du contingent.” More broadly, through the analysis of the legacies and continuities, I argue that the postcolonial elites perpetuate the “civilizing mission,” no more for the so-called mise en valeur of the colonies but for the development of the territory

Welfare and education in British colonial Africa, 1918–1945

The relevance of historical research for an explanation of the roots of contemporary educational policy and its relationship to notions of equity, democracy and development has been sadly neglected in recent years. This means that policy makers have forfeited the advantages of reflecting on the traditions and experience of past endeavors and examining them critically for potential understandings of present and future policy making. The aim of this paper was to direct the attention of researchers to the complexities and multifaceted nature of educational policy development in inter-war era (1918–1945), with specific reference to British colonial Africa and South Africa. It will also hopefully provide a set of elementary tools for all of those interested in educational policy-making strategies that seek to promote meaningful social, economic and political change in an age of uncertainty

La France dans le Pacifique et l'accord germano-japonais

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Pour la rentrée d’octobre 1915

Sarraut Albert. Pour la rentrée d’octobre 1915. In: Revue internationale de l'enseignement, tome 69,1915. pp. 321-334

Atatürk

Taha Toros Arşivi, Dosya Adı: Atatürk'ün Ölümü ve Cenaze Tören

98. 5 août 1915 : Arrêté modifiant le règlement du brevet élémentaire

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98. 5 août 1915 : Arrêté modifiant le règlement du brevet élémentaire

Sarraut Albert. 98. 5 août 1915 : Arrêté modifiant le règlement du brevet élémentaire. In: L'enseignement du Français à l'école primaire – Textes officiels. Tome 2 : 1880-1939. Paris : Institut national de recherche pédagogique, 1995. pp. 259-261. (Bibliothèque de l'Histoire de l'Education, 5

Pour la rentrée d’octobre 1915

Sarraut Albert. Pour la rentrée d’octobre 1915. In: Revue internationale de l'enseignement, tome 69,1915. pp. 321-334

West Africa 1924

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