Uganda, March 6 -- During colonial times, Africa's educational systems were created to produce a group of Africans loyal to the colonial power and as a link between the community and the colonizers. This model aimed to control the learners, who were expected to demonstrate their learning by memorizing and replicating what they were taught. The system discouraged independent thinking and critical analysis, emphasizing strict adherence to what was taught.

Paulo Freire, the Brazilian educator and philosopher, describes this education model we received from the colonial era as the banking model of education. This model emphasizes the teacher's authority and dominance over the student, regarded as a passive, empty receptacle meant to be fille...