ABSTRACT
When the first barbarian tribe successfully invaded its neighbour the chances were that an international education of a kind ensued, assuming the lives of the vanquished were spared. When a missionary finding himself on a foreign shore first tried to teach the natives his language and religion he, too, was involving himself in an exercise in international education, assuming his life wasn't lost in the process. International education of one sort or another has been going on for a very long time and has evolved, fortunately, into a rather less risky undertaking. Today the term usually refers to the movement that has gained momentum in the latter half of this century - a movement that saw the creation of hundreds of 'overseas' schools throughout the world and that was fuelled by the same mix of convenience and idealism.
