workers' faculties (rabfaks)

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Workers' faculties (rabfaks) were Soviet preparatory schools designed to give workers and peasants the education needed to enter higher education institutions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Soviet educational institution type
preparatory school
accessRequirement insufficient prior formal education for direct university entry
working-class or peasant background
associatedWithPolicy Soviet policy of proletarianization of higher education
affirmative action for workers and peasants in education
countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
curriculumIncludes Marxist-Leninist ideology
Russian language
basic sciences
mathematics
social sciences
educationalLevel pre-university
educationalModel state-funded adult education
educationalOutcome eligibility to enter higher education institutions
emphasis political education alongside academic preparation
fullName workers' faculties
function bridge between basic education and university-level study
funding state-funded
goal increase enrollment of workers and peasants in universities
reduce educational inequality between social classes
historicalContext post-revolutionary Soviet Union
historicalSignificance instrument for creating a new Soviet intelligentsia from workers and peasants
ideologicalRole promote social mobility for workers and peasants
support creation of a socialist intelligentsia
languageOfInstruction Russian
linkedTo Soviet higher education institutions
nativeName рабфаки
nativeNameLanguage Russian
operatedBy Soviet higher education institutions
Soviet state NERFINISHED
partOf Soviet education system NERFINISHED
purpose prepare workers and peasants for higher education
provide general secondary education to adults from working-class and peasant backgrounds
relatedConcept proletarianization of the intelligentsia
socialist educational reforms
selectionCriterion class origin
lack of prior educational opportunities
shortName rabfaks
targetPopulation adults without formal secondary education
peasants
workers
timePeriod early Soviet period
typeOfAccess mass education initiative

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People's Commissariat for Education responsibleFor workers' faculties (rabfaks)