Share Paper: Effects of Colonialism on STEM Education in Sub Saharan Africa

  1. Gilbert Kalonde, Montana State University Bozeman, United States
  2. Samuel Boateng, Montana State University Bozeman, United States
Wednesday, March 15 10:45 AM-11:15 AM Bienville

Abstract: The paper looks into major issues and themes, which emerge from the contributions of colonialism on the culture and its education in the region. This paper traces links between colonialism and its effects on education in general and the subsequent effect on STEM education in the Sub Saharan African countries. The focus of this paper is therefore directed towards STEM education and STEM skilled labor, and the genesis of Sub Saharan skills policy administration which is intricately linked to the history as a British, French, and Portuguese colonial states. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to identify the effects ...