American Educational Policy in the Philippines and the British Policy in Malaya, 1898-1935

Abstract

The period under review begins with the American conquest of the Philippines and ends in the year when the Islands were granted Commonwealth status. British rule in Malaya, however, dates from 1786 and by 1935 the country was still very much under British control politically and economically. In this article an attempt will be made to show the interrelationships between political, economic and educational policies and practices in these two countries during that period.