Answer:
The
ideas behind the Tonkin Free School were predominantly based on policies of
Westernisation of the locals. Students were taught science, hygiene and French
and were encouraged to adopt Western styles of dressing. This school was a
typical example of colonial ideas in Vietnam.
It rejected traditional Vietnamese education and lifestyle, while
promoting Western ideals of living. Like typical colonists, the French tried to
control the Vietnamese identity, culture and customs, besides controlling their
territory.
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