ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Government through which r

I mustacknowledge the Bel1ze
provided with a postgraduate scholarship
was
by the
Commonwealth Secretariat to read for the Academic Diploma in
Education and thereafter for the Master of Arts (Education) at the
Institute of Education of London University durtng the academic

years of 1970 to 1972. During that period ProfessorJohn Lewis was

directly responsible for the tutorials I attended on Educational

Planning for Low Income Counties and for supervising m

research relating to my dissertation titled "Educational Polic
making in British Honduras 1915-1965." Subsequent to my return
to Belize I was asked to prepare and teach a one-semester course
"The History and Development of Education in Belize", initially to
students of the Education Programme for Secondary School
Teachers at the Belize College of Arts, Science and Technology
(BELCAST) and subsequently at the University College of Belize
and most recently at the University of Belize. I wish to thank all the
administrators and academic colleagues of those tertiary education
institutions who provided me with the incentive to conduct furthet
research on the history of cducation in Belize. More specifically I
extend my thanks to Hon. Francis Fonseca, Minister of Education
for his very constructive Foreword to this book.
I must acknowledge the many student teachers and others who
attended my classes during the time I lectured at BELCAST, UCB
and UB especially for the challenge for me to prepare
they provided
well for all classes.
I wish to thank Dr. Roy Young of the University of Belize, who
has been tesponsible for the publication of the UB journal of
Belizean Affairs who was kind enough to allow me to make
threc
contributions on the history of education in Belize to that journa,
an effort which provided me with the
impetus to write a book on u
subject.
owe a debt of gratitude to Dr. Corinth Morter-LewS
President Emeritus of the University of Belize, who kindly proo
read the manuscript and included the tes
insertion of marg1na
suggesting useful changes. Dr. Corinth Lewis and Sylvana Woou
Lecturer at U.B. also kindly contributed the comments on the ack
Da
cover of this book. Thanks to both of
them.

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