The traditional informal system of education in precolonial Ghana

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Title:	The traditional informal system of education in precolonial Ghana
Author:	Kwamena-Poh, Michael A.
Year:	1975
Periodical:	Présence africaine
Issue:	95
Pages:	269-283
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Ghana
Subjects:	traditional society traditional education
Abstract:	In the olden days when communities in Ghana were small and largely rural and self-sufficient, the system of education was not specialised. It was a system mainly geared to moral training. As communities grew larger, some special skills were required to fulfil the needs of society; yet the system was still informal and not literate. It was not until the last quarter of the 19th century that Ghana began to take the first steps towards a State-organised education. Before then there was an informal system of education. Sections of the article: 1. Introduction - 2. The nature and purpose of the traditional system of education (Training the good citizen; The system of training; The acquisition of general knowledge; Special skills; Professional training; Chiefs and priests) - 3. Strength and weakness in the traditional system. Notes; ref. Résumé en français p. I.