# History of Foreign Education 19

/kloc-in the 0 th and 9 th centuries, Britain was busy making money in the colonies and didn't care much about education. I turned around and found that Germany next to me has fully implemented compulsory education.

The industrial revolution made great progress in Britain. Britain first reached the stage of monopoly capitalism. 1840, Britain launched the Opium War.

Looking at the educational development of other countries, Britain began to attach importance to compulsory education.

At the beginning, Britain paid little attention to education and had few teachers, so people solved the problem of lack of teachers through tutorial system.

The specific measures are: teachers teach some students (tutors) who have achieved great success at their age, and then tutors pass on their knowledge to other students.

This method has increased the number of students and is very popular. However, the quality was difficult to guarantee and was finally abandoned.

After Britain began to attach importance to compulsory education, it promulgated the Primary Education Act on 1870.

The state began to take over education. Its main contents are:

The state has the right to approve and supervise education.

② Dividing school districts nationwide, setting up local school committees to manage local education.

③ Compulsory primary education for children aged 5-12.

(4) Separation of general education from religion.

This bill marks the formal formation of the national education system in British primary schools, and private schools and public schools coexist.

Primary education has been decided, so secondary and higher education should follow the old system or develop on their own.

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The development of education in major European and American countries and Japan > the development of education in Britain