Royal Commission of 1878 part 2

The Royal Commission of 1878 would receive a storm of protest, mainly because Italian was to be removed from the Curriculum and could only be used in Theology lectures in University. Take a look at the following views of Keenan by Herbert Ganado, a modern historian. Do you agree with him or not? Why?

Herbert Ganado a modern historian, looks at Keenan's proposals  said that “Keenan’s wish, it is perfectly clear, was to destroy Italian, to have English alone taught, to turn upside down our cultural system, and to force us to throw out the window the cultural traditions of entire centuries.”

Herbert Ganado

1) What kind of source is this?

2) Herbert Ganado claimed that Keenan wished to completely destroy Italian and "to turn upside down our cultural system". Do you agree? 

3) Why would it benefit Great Britain to remove the Italian culture which existed in Malta? 

4) Do you think Keenan was impartial (fair, not biased) in his observations of Maltese schools?