Introduction of Compulsory Education

Introduction of Compulsory Education:

• Introduced in 1880 - up to the age of 10
• Upper and middle class always has the option of private schools
• Foster's 1870 Education Act - allows school boards to be set up in districts
• Between 1870 - 1880 - 4000 schooles were started and taken over by boards
• In 1902 school boards replaces with 300 local education…