Evaluate the impact of developments in education in two African countries.

The question requires that candidates make an appraisal of the impact of developments in education in two African countries, weighing up the significance, or otherwise, of those developments to each country. Candidates may choose to focus on the neglect of academic education under colonialism, particularly in white settler colonies where Africans were prepared for a life of servitude. In other colonies, it was the Christian mission and/or Islamic schools that provided education. Further, while the academic standards of these institutions were often high, most Africans received little or no education. Candidates may also focus on how newly-independent governments faced substantial challenges in providing universal primary and secondary education. They may consider the success of some countries in meeting these challenges, especially in term of opening opportunities in education to females. Candidates may, if they desire, adopt a comparative approach; however, this is not a requirement.