Compulsory education is a general term for laws requiring children within a specified age range to attend some form of schooling, a policy first adopted in parts of the German states and Prussia in the eighteenth century before spreading widely through Europe, the Americas and beyond over the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The specific starting age, ending age and permitted forms of compliance, such as homeschooling, vary considerably by country, and compulsory education laws are generally credited with driving major historical increases in literacy and school enrollment worldwide.
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Key ProvisionA period of education required of all people and imposed by the government. 1 Sources
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Compulsory education refers to a period of education that is required of all people and is imposed by the government.
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