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System Of Education Was Worked: The Counter Reformation saw the establishment of the schools of the Jesuits (The Society of Jesus), where a carefully conceived system of education was worked out to develop men capable of dealing with the heresies of the time.
Sunday Schools.—England in the late 18th century had reached a low ebb in religion and morals. Illiteracy and vice were rampant, and philanthropists were unable to reach any considerable group through the elementary schools. In 1780, Robert Raikes (1735-1811), an editor and publisher, opened a school in Gloucester, meeting on Sundays, for the education of children who worked on weekdays. This was the first Sunday school, although it differed greatly from its modern descendant.
Education.—The province of Quebec reshaped its system of education in the 1960's. In conformity with the recommendations of a royal commission on education appointed in 1961, the ministry of education was established in 1964. It administers the entire school system with the help of a superior council assisted by a Roman Catholic committee and a Protestant committee. Independent schools and institutions still exist and receive financial help from the ministry according to standards recommended by the superior council. The elementary level of instruction is locally administered by school commissions formed of elected members; parents take part in discussions within the frame of local school committees.
Primary Schools. In England the act of 1870 laid the groundwork for a system of universal education, but it provided for instruction only of children less than 13 years of age. Attendance did not become compulsory until 1880, and though free education was given in most elementary schools after 1891, fee paying was not completely abolished until 1918. The act that forbade fees also made education to the age of 14 compulsory.
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