Question
What were the features of the Tonkin Free School?
Solution
The Tonkin Free School was started in 1907 to provide western style education in Vietnam.
(i) The education included classes in science, hygiene and French.
(ii) The school wanted to introduce modernism. According to the school, to be modern the Vietnamese had to look modern.
(iii) The school encouraged the adoption of western styles such as having a short hair cut.
