The Study On The Education Of Vietnam In The Colonial Period Of France

Vietnam was a part of China before the middle of Tenth Century.It m aintains close ties with China after independence, and it is deeply influenc ed by Chinese culture. Ancient Vietnamese used Chinese characters, used the Confucian thought to govern their country, and adopted the Chinese i mperial examination system to select officials. The education of ancient V ietnam was based on Confucianism as a guide, with the imperial examinat ion system as a means, building a complete education system from the ce ntral to the local.Since the middle of the 19 th century,Vietnam became the object of French colonial invasion.After more than 30 years of conquest,Vietnam became its colony and France established colonial rule here.Great changes have taken place in France under the rule of education in Vietnam.By the end of nineteenth Century, the French colonial government d o not only retained the traditional Confucian education, continued to hold the imperial examination, but also promoted the Vietnamese alphabet, the initial establishment of modern school education vigorously.From the beginning of the twentieth Century to the outbreak of the P acific War,the French colonial government made effort to further develop and improve the modern education system in Vietnam.Among th em a public education law called “ public education law in 1917 ”played an important role in the establishment of a complete education sys tem consisting of primary education, secondary education and higher edu cation.Under the colonial rule of France,the traditional Confucian educati on in Vietnam has been declining, meanwhile it also promoted the establishment of the modern education system of Vietnam objectively,and also prepared for Vietnam’s independence movement and construction for training the talents for them.