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The Education (Scotland) Act 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 62) made elementary education for all children between the ages of 5 and 13 mandatory in Scotland. [2]The Act achieved a more thorough transfer of existing schools to a public system than the Elementary Education Act 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 75) in England.
The perceived problems and fragmentation of the Scottish school system led to a process of secularisation, as the state took increasing control. The Education (Scotland) Act 1872 transferred the Kirk and Free Kirk schools to regional School Boards and made some provision for secondary education. In 1890 school fees were abolished, creating a ...
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The Education (Scotland) Act 1872 and the abolition of school fees in 1890 meant there was a state-funded, national system of compulsory free basic education with common examinations. The Education (Scotland) Act 1918 introduced the principle of universal free secondary education, brought the Roman Catholic schools into the state system, and ...
When proposing a change to any aspect of education provision in their area, local authorities must engage in a formal process as required through the Schools (Consultation) (Scotland) Act 2010. [8] Education in Scotland has a history of universal provision of public education, and the Scottish education system is distinctly different from those ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; ... (Repealed by Education (Scotland) Act 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 62)) Import of Victual Act 1696 ...
The Education (Scotland) Act 1872 also introduced a start to compulsory education at five years old in Scotland. [57] Only a minority of five-year-olds in Scotland were enrolled at school until around 1900. [58] It appears that the Scottish school boards did not tend to enforce the school starting age. Both Scottish teachers and parents seemed ...
10 August – First Education (Scotland) Act passed, providing compulsory English-language education for all aged 5–13 [4] 19 August – First horse trams in Glasgow, running from St George's Cross to Eglinton Toll [5] 2 October – Kirtlebridge rail crash at Kirtlebridge station on the Caledonian Railway in Dumfries and Galloway: 12 killed ...