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Compulsory education is education which children are required by law to receive and governments to provide. The compulsiveness is an aspect of public education. Homeschooling is typically an alternative to going to government-accredited public schools. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... // Public education is education mandated for the children of the general public by the government, whether national, regional, or local, provided by an institution of civil government, and paid for, in whole or in part, by taxes. ... Homeschooling – also called home education or home school – is the education of children at home rather than in a public or private school. ... The Term public school has two distinct meanings: elementary or secondary school supported and administered by state and local officials, or, in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, a private or independent, fee-paying school, generally not coeducational, that prepares pupils for university. ...

Compulsory education at the primary level was affirmed as a human right in the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Many of the world's countries now have compulsory education through at least the primary stage, often extending to the secondary education. Primary or elementary education is the first years of formal, structured education that occurs during childhood. ... Human rights are rights which some hold to be inalienable and belonging to all humans. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... Eleanor Roosevelt with the Spanish version of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. ... Secondary education - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...

History

The Aztec are thought to have had the first compulsory educational system. All male children were required to attend school until the age of 16.^[1] The Aztecs is a collective term used for all of the Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican peoples under the control of the Mexica, founders of Tenochtitlan, and their two principal allies, who built an extensive empire in the late Postclassic period in the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries in Central Mexico. ...

The Education Act of 1496 in Scotland obliged the children of noblemen and freeholders to attend school. The Education Act of 1496 was passed by the Scottish Parliament in that year at the behest of James IV. It made schooling compulsory for the first time in Scotland since it forced all nobles and freeholders to educate their eldest sons in Latin, followed by the Arts, and Scots...

In 1774 mandatory schooling was introduced in Austria^{[citation needed]} from which it gradually spread to other countries in the 19th century. It reached the American state of Massachusetts in 1852^{[citation needed]}, and quickly spread to other US states thereafter. Chesma Column in Tsarskoe Selo, commemorating the end of the Russo-Turkish War. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ... 1852 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...

Criticism

Compulsory education has been criticized, most frequently by economists and libertarians.^{[citation needed]} These arguments can involve the view that compulsory education takes up a great deal of an individual child's time and is imposed on them without their consent or in regards to their own interests.^{[citation needed]}

Extent

In Canada, compulsory education is set for ages 6 through 16. In Finland, it starts at the age of 7 (± 1 negotiable), and ends after graduation from comprehensive school at the age of 16, or at last after ten school years. In the United States, compulsory education is for students between the ages of six and fifteen.^[2] In Scotland compulsory education begins between 4 and a half and 5 and a half; it extends until the age of 16. A Comprehensive school is a type of school providing secondary level education in England or Wales. ... Motto (Latin) No one provokes me with impunity Wha daur meddle wi me?(Scots)1 Anthem (Multiple unofficial anthems) Scotlands location in Europe Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official languages English, Gaelic, Scots3 Government Constitutional monarchy  -  Queen Queen Elizabeth II  -  Prime Minister Tony Blair MP  -  First Minister Jack McConnell...

See also

• Public education
• Public school
• Child Labor
• Homeschooling
• Unschooling
• List of education articles by country
• Raising Of School Leaving Age (in the United Kingdom)
• Workforce
• John Taylor Gatto
• HSLDA

// Public education is education mandated for the children of the general public by the government, whether national, regional, or local, provided by an institution of civil government, and paid for, in whole or in part, by taxes. ... The Term public school has two distinct meanings: elementary or secondary school supported and administered by state and local officials, or, in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, a private or independent, fee-paying school, generally not coeducational, that prepares pupils for university. ... Child labourers coming out of a dye factory, Dhaka, Bangladesh Child labor (or child labour) is the employment of children under an age determined by law or custom. ... Homeschooling – also called home education or home school – is the education of children at home rather than in a public or private school. ... Unschooling is a form of education in which learning is based on the students interests, needs, and goals. ... This is a list of articles on education organized by country: Education in Afghanistan Education in Albania Education in Algeria Education in Argentina Education in Armenia Education in Australia Education in Austria Education in Bangladesh Higher Education in Bangladesh Education in Belgium Education in Bolivia Education in Brazil Education in... The Raising Of School Leaving Age (often shortened to ROSLA), is an act which states the legal age a child is allowed to leave compulsory education. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Workforce. ... John Taylor Gatto (born John Gatto) is an American retired school teacher of 30 years and author of several books on education. ... The Home School Legal Defense Association is a US-based non-profit organization which defends and advances the constitutional right of parents to direct the education of their children, including homeschooling. ...

References

1. ^ Mann, Charles C. 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005.
2. ^ State Compulsory School Attendance Laws Information Please Almanac. URL accessed on July 3, 2005.

External links

• Rohit Bhat writes abut the hurdles that India will face before it can guarantee free education
• The Principle and Practice of Compulsion in Education
• Age range for compulsory education for UNESCO member states (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
• A discussion of compulsory education as a human right (Right to education Project)