Education Reforms

Question 1

What reforms were made under Golovin, minister education 1862-1867?

Answer 1

-university given opportunity for self-governing + appoint own staff
-responsibility for schooling transferred from church to zemstva
-primary + secondary education extended
-schools declared open to all regardless of class and sex

Question 2

What were the benefits of education reforms

Answer 2

-educational provision grew markedly
-education reforms so successful it was deemed necessary reassert gov’t control after 1866
-primary schools rose from 8000 to 23000 1880
-number of children in primary education from 400,000 to over 1million

Question 3

What were the limitations of educational reforms

Answer 3

-new uni independence increased radical + militant thinkers
-opposition to regime grew as people grew understanding of the problems through education