Answer: Before World War II, the concept of "universal secondary education" was accepted by the public, but in fact, British education is still far from realizing this goal. During World War II, the voice of reforming the British education system became louder and louder. Therefore, in 1944, the British government passed the education reform bill proposed by the Education Committee chaired by Butler, that is, the 1944 Education Law, also known as the Butler Act. The basic contents of the bill are as follows:

(1) Strengthen the state's control and leadership over education, set up the Ministry of Education to lead the national education work in a unified way, and set up the Central Education Advisory Committee to give advice and suggestions to the Minister of Education.

(2) Strengthen local education management authority and establish a public education system consisting of primary education, secondary education and continuing education. The local education authorities are responsible for providing primary education, secondary education and continuing education for the region. Primary education is divided into three stages, kindergarten, nursery and primary school. After graduating from primary school, according to 1 1 year-old exam results, according to grades, abilities and sexual orientation, I entered three types: grammar middle school, technical secondary school and modern middle school. Primary and secondary schools implement the board system.

(3) Implement compulsory education from 5 to 15 years old. Parents have the responsibility to ensure that their children receive compulsory education and that registered students attend school normally. Local education authorities should provide full-time education and part-time education for over-age people who receive compulsory education.

The bill also calls for the reform of religious education, normal education and higher education.

Butler Act is an extremely important law in the history of the development of British education system. It ended the unbalanced development of the pre-war British education system, formed a national education system with primary education, secondary education and continuing education as the main body, and expanded the opportunities for citizens to receive education. This Act decided the basic principles and policies of British education development after the war, and had an important impact on the further development of British education. So far, from the beginning of the 20th century to World War II, British education has formed a local-oriented education management system combining central education administration with local education administration, and basically established a school system linking primary school, middle school and continuing education, which provided a foundation for the further development of modern education in Britain.