Alexander II recognised
that a MODERN STATE
required a MORE
EDUCATED
population!
- Higher education tended
to foster an indepenent
spirit and critical mind;
many students became
more active in society,
causing challenging
problems for the regime.
- These reforms
had resulted in
many people
QUESTIONING the
POLITICAL
AUTHORITY of the
regime!
- 'MUTUAL AID'
GROUPS were
formed...
'STUDY GROUPS' met
to discuss RADICAL
IDEAS and the
INJUSTICES of the
Tsarist regime!
Communal
kitchens and
libraries.
Increased need for
BASIC literacy and
numeracy among
private smallholding
peasants.
The 'Zemstva'
Responsibility of
CONTROLLING SCHOOLS
was taken over from the
Catholic Church.
FUNDING and
CONTROL of
education.
New PRIMARY SCHOOLS were built...
Open to
ALL
classes
and BOTH
sexes.
Numbers
INCREASED
from 8,000 in
1856, to 23,000
in 1880.
From 400,000
to 1 MILLION
pupils in
attendance.
CURRICULUM
was still
restricted!
The aim of
'strengthening
religious and
moral notions
and spreading
basic knowledge."
- A more LITERATE
PEASANT POPULATION
took on new aspirations;
challenged the
government in later
years!
SECONDARY SCHOOLS
CURRICULUM was
EXTENDED to
accomodate a wider
range of subjects and a
'modern' education.
Could focus on
'CLASSIC' subjects
(Greek and Latin)...
... or more
'MODERN' subjects
(the sciences and
mathematics).
Open to ALL
classes and
BOTH sexes.
In the 1860s, the
NUMBERS of
schools
DOUBLED.
UNIVERSITIES
Numbers grew
from 3,000 to
10,000 by the
1870s.
Granted much more
freedom and control
over their leadership...
Selected their
own
PROFESSORS.
50% left their
posts between
1854 to 1862.
ENLIGHTENED,
LIBERAL-THINKING
professors were
employed!
e.g. Nicholai
Pirogov
(Famous doctor
and educational
theorist).
Designed
COURSES.
Student
ADMISSIONS and
DISCIPLINE.
Governed
themselves
now.
- WOMEN
could attend
COURSES; but
NOT obtain a
DEGREE!
+ Students in
attendance
were now from
wider SOCIAL
GROUPS!
- Many
students
relied on
STATE
FINANCIAL
AID; poor and
malnourished.