"The Vietnamese made the battle against French colonial education a part of the larger battle against colonialism and for independence."

A battle against French colonial education as a battle for independence with students contribution can be understood by the following factors :
(i) Go East Movement.
(ii) Formation of Restoration Society.
(iii) Students organized the Association for the Restoration of Vietnam. (Viet-Nam-Quan-Phuc- Hai)
(iv) Phan-Boi-Chau gave an objective of formation of democratic republic.
(v) Students published nationalist journals.
(vi) Open protests by the students.
(vii) Students {ormed various political parties