Education in the Victorian Age

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  • Period: 1500 to

    Education before 1870

    Education was largely unregulated;
    Teachers are mean and strict;
    Students get the cane if they made the slightest mistake;
    Existed in various forms such as the dame schools, ragged schools and charity schools.

  • Education Act

    The Elementary Education Act of 1870 was the first of a number of acts of parliament passed between 1870 and 1893 to create compulsory education in England and Wales for children aged between 5 and 13.
  • Period: to

    3,000 to 4,000 schools were started

  • Schooling became free for all