How did the battle against French colonial education become a part of the battle against colonialism and for independence in Vietnam? Explain.
- School text books glorified the French. The Vietnamese were represented as primitive and backward.
- Teachers and students did not blindly follow the curriculum.
- There was open opposition, sometimes there was silent resistance.
- While teaching, Vietnamese teachers quietly modified the text and criticised what was stated.
- The Vietnamese students fought against the French efforts to prevent them from qualifying for the white collar jobs.
- Wherever any injustice was done to a Vietnamese student, the students as a whole organised protests till the justice was done.
- Students formed various political parties. Thus, school became an important place for political and cultural battles.