Germany. Germany is the first country in the world to enact compulsory education law, and it is also the first country in western countries to implement compulsory education. From 15 19, the principality of Weimar, Germany proposed to implement four-year compulsory education for school-age children, to the middle of 16 century, schools with the nature of compulsory education appeared in European countries one after another. 16 19, the principality of Weimar, Germany, issued a school decree, which stipulated that parents should send their children aged 6 to 12 to school, which was the earliest compulsory education law.