Schools in South West Africa also focused primarily on handiworks and "practical" skills for natives, while those in East Africa offered more specialized and higher-level education including technical schools for industrial training and high schools with more advanced curricula. In contrast with the system of native education in South West Africa, education for Europeans was highly developed and heavily supported by the government.  While the German government spent 329,500 Marks on white education in 1914-1915, only 9,000 Marks were spent annually on education for Africans and Mischlinge. Besides the limited employment opportunities for natives in South West Africa, Cohen asserts that settler attitudes also influenced education policy.