Is western education really necessary in other cultures?

As most people have seen, western education has expanded throughout the world. What people haven't seen, is how cultures are being destroyed because of this "ideal education". These videos below are a trailer and a clip from "Schooling the World: The White Man's Last Burden." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnzVNO_J6sk&feature=relmfu http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=Y5OJQGnjp64 The trailer for this video shows how culture is being diminished, and some of the younger generation don't even feel connected to their culture when it used to be the most important part. You can also tell how the older generations are upset that culture is being destroyed. A little girl tells us that when the native language is spoken in Ladakhi that child is punished! In the clip of the video, it brings it home. It shows how Native Americans were treated, and forced into schools. Also, it has some very interesting quotes from "higher" people at the time. It brings it home because we see that this doesn't just happen in foreign countries, but in our own.