ABSTRACT
American engineering products penetrating colonial markets (Armytage 1964: 111). As
the nineteenth century drew to a close changes in employment patterns were also
apparent and the move to new processes of production created an increasing demand
for technical labour; and the design and wider use of complex machinery created a
demand for skilled mechanics and engineers. The move to larger business organisations
created a demand for better-trained managers and clerks, and specialisation in financial
services increased the need for administrators. The rate of innovation required that a
wide range of workers should be flexible in their approach to work, possess fuller
knowledge and more specialised skill, and develop the qualities of judgement and
responsibility. Taken together, this would require a systematic provision of education for
all (Ashworth 1960).
