ABSTRACT
In the early years when their financial resources were meager, the Asians had to concentrate on the welfare of their own community. From the beginning of their settlement, however, the Asians appear to have contributed generously to the needs of the non-Asians. Throughout the colonial period the Asians were asked to contribute to a number of funds and institutions organized by the British. Despite a deep-seated resentment against the governments, whether British or African, for the discrimination practiced against them, the Asians donated to all these causes. Near the end of the colonial period many of the restricted schools began to admit and assist Africans. The governments expected the Asian schools, like the European and African schools, to serve the educational needs of only their own community. Though designed initially to serve the educational needs of their own community, most Asian schools eventually adopted a multiracial admissions policy.
