Weimar Republic (Education in the Weimar Republic)

Question 1

What was the Weimar gov.’s aim for education?

Answer 1

To create a fairer education system with state schools that had a mixed intake (e.g. secularise education).

Question 2

What schools did the Weimar gov. set up?

Answer 2

The Grandschule (compulsory education for students aged 6 to 10 years).

Question 3

Did the government succeed in introducing a federal school law which would outline guidelines on education?

Answer 3

No – three bills were proposed and failed in 1921 and 1927.

Question 4

What did the education bill of 1927 propose?

Answer 4

That confessional, common (various faiths) and secular schools (no religious education) be set up on an equal footing.

Question 5

Who ran the education system in the Weimar Republic?

Answer 5

The Länder – this meant that the education system remained diverse.

Question 6

What was different about education beyond the age of 10?

Answer 6

• Had to be paid for.

* The school you went to determined your career path (e.g. Gymnasium – 9 years education; path to University)

Question 7

What percentage of University students were working class?

Answer 7

2.3%

Question 8

What percentage of University students were the children of civil servants?

Answer 8

45%