Ferry laws on primary education
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The Ferry laws on primary education were a series of late 19th-century French reforms that made primary schooling free, compulsory, and secular, fundamentally shaping the modern French education system.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French education law
ⓘ
school reform ⓘ |
| aimedAt |
reducing illiteracy
ⓘ
strengthening republican values ⓘ |
| allowed | religious instruction outside regular school hours ⓘ |
| appliesTo | primary education ⓘ |
| appliesToAgeRange | approximately 6 to 13 years ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| created | a national, unified primary school system ⓘ |
| diminishedUseOf | regional languages in schools ⓘ |
| endTime | 1886 ⓘ |
| establishedPrinciple | laïcité in primary schools ⓘ |
| fundedBy |
communes
ⓘ
departments ⓘ state ⓘ |
| governmentPositionOfNamesake | Minister of Public Instruction ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Law of 16 June 1881
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Law of 28 March 1882 NERFINISHED ⓘ Law of 30 October 1886 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| impact |
mass expansion of schooling in France
ⓘ
separation of school from Church authority ⓘ |
| influenced | development of modern French education system ⓘ |
| introducedCompulsorySchoolingFromAge | 6 ⓘ |
| introducedCompulsorySchoolingToAge | 13 ⓘ |
| languageOfText | French ⓘ |
| legalForm | statutory law ⓘ |
| legalStatusOfReligiousInstruction | removed from core public curriculum ⓘ |
| legislativeBody | French Parliament NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| limitedRoleOf | Catholic Church in education ⓘ |
| madeEducation |
compulsory
ⓘ
free ⓘ secular ⓘ |
| ministerResponsible | Jules Ferry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Jules Ferry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalContext | Third French Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Falloux Law of 1850
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Guizot Law of 1833 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| prohibited | fees in public primary schools ⓘ |
| promoted |
French language instruction
ⓘ
republican civic education ⓘ |
| reducedControlOf | religious congregations ⓘ |
| required |
each commune to maintain a public primary school
ⓘ
training of lay teachers ⓘ |
| shiftedControlTo |
communes
ⓘ
state ⓘ |
| standardized | primary school curriculum ⓘ |
| startTime | 1881 ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late 19th century ⓘ |
| typeOfSchoolTargeted | public primary schools ⓘ |
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