How did the colonial education system aim to shape the youth?

The colonial education system aimed to shape the youth primarily by teaching the cultural values of the colonizing country. This approach was directed at instilling the ideologies, traditions, and practices of the colonizer within the education curriculum, often at the expense of indigenous cultures. The intent was to create loyalty to the colonial power and promote a worldview aligned with the interests and superiority of the colonizers.

This strategy involved a curriculum that often disregarded or devalued local customs and knowledge systems, promoting instead a narrative that reinforced the colonizer’s perspective. By doing so, colonial education sought to secure a societal framework in which the youth would identify with the colonizer's culture, leading to greater assimilation and control over the colonized population. This method was a crucial tool in maintaining power dynamics and ensuring that future generations would continue to uphold and perpetuate colonial values.