The three Kadazandusun intended Private Primary Schools

They were therefore, so to speak, shot down before they had even taken off the ground! The three Kadazandusun intended private primary, schools did not last very long. In a matter of a few years they were fully taken over by the Government. The deciding factors of the orderly takeover by the Government and in the ever-willing handover by the initiators and his kampung groups were thought to be related to the lack of financial resources. The institution of the District Office helped a lot in seeing into the proper registration of the schools with the Education Department. The initiators were compensiated in that their lands on which the schools were built was valued according to the valuation of undeveloped areas. The school building maintenance and the teachers’ salaries, both entailed a large amount of money. This was one of the many instances in the develeopment of the Kadazandusun Private Primary School which demonstrated the lack of unity of the Kadazandusun race. Instead of rallying to support a thought-of common cause, many would voice out envious openions, the like of, “Let’s see what would happen next! I bet the school would die a natural death!” Some even tried to make false reports, stating that the initiators collected money from the public to build a school. They failed to understand that the kampung people themselves were the ones who built the schools. The schools were put up with the self-help sense of, “all for one and one for all” spirit! The Chinese communities also established their own brand of schools, private schools, at almost around the same stretch of time. They had the brain, money and sustaining will to see that what they started small could last, and could last it did until today!