The Early Years: The Vital Years Of Childhood

Abstract

In newly independent countries in Africa, the role of education is seen as being so vital for an early participation in the hoped-for riches of modern, scientific societies that some of these countries nearly bankrupt themselves in spending disproportionately large sums of money on education. “Education it is which is all that is lacking, arid if we give more people more education, our major problems in this direction will be solved” seems to be a key to the thinking of many political leaders.