The labor market in East Africa offered greater opportunities for educated Africans and Mischlinge.  Because the settler population was much smaller both in absolute numbers and as a proportion of the total population, the colonial government sought to develop a literate class of Africans to fill positions in lower administration.  Africans were also significantly cheaper to employ than Europeans, further motivating their recruitment by the cash-strapped government.  The need for loyal native subjects led to the development of state schools, as missionary-educated Africans could possess conflicting loyalties if they had attended schools run by foreign missionaries.