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This study is to find out the development of missionary schools in Sarawak during the years from 1840-1960. Qualitative method is used to analyse the primary sources of various documents pertaining to the few missionary schools found in major towns around Sarawak. Among the main aspects studied are the development of basic education in the primary and secondary missionary schools in Sarawak starting from the Brooke era in the 1840s to the British Colonial Administration in the 1960s, the Church’s role in thedevelopment of missionary schools in Sarawak, the administration and management of missionary schools, and the financial management of missionary schools in developing infrastructure and the edification of education in Sarawak. All the data obtained were narratived into a meaningful source of history. This study is of utmost importance to further increase our understandings in the uniqueness of missionary schools that had contributed to development of education in Sarawak.
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To Cite this Article: Pawi, S., Saadon, R., & Hashim, A. T. M. (2021). Development of Missionary Schools in Sarawak 1840-1960. International Journal of Academic Research in Progressive Education and Development, 10(3), 1088–1094.
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