The development of education in Trinidad, 1834-1870

Abstract

In the post-Emancipation period, the policies in education attempted by the British government, and moreso by the Trinidad government, formed an integral part of a deliberate effort to strengthen English civilization in the colony. The schools, moreso the primary schools, had only a very limited success as academic institutions. Socially, they did not escape very far from the class and race divisions of the society