Answer:
The
French people thought that it was the mission of the advanced countries like
them to bring the benefits of civilisation to the backward Vietnamese.
The four features of the education being given in the Tonkin Free School
were
(i) This school was started to provide Western style education.
(ii) In the new education system more stress was given to
science, hygiene and French.
(iii) Along with the education, these schools encouraged the
adoption of Western style such as having a short haircut.
(iv) These schools also encouraged the students to wear Western
clothes and play the Western games like, tennis.
For the traditional Vietnamese 'having short haircut' was a major
cultural set back as they traditionally kept long hair. Thus, the establishment
of new schools gave a major setback to the Vietnamese traditional culture.
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