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unusual facts about Jules Ferry laws



Berrichon dialect

Subsequent developments, such as the French Revolution, which created a sense of nationalism, and the establishment of free, mandatory, primary education under the Minister of Public Instruction, Jules Ferry, which greatly expanded the teaching of French, further undermined the position of Berrichon.

Education in France

These mirrored the "laws of "compulsory education and attendance" being passed in Britain and various states of the United States. With these laws, known as Jules Ferry laws, and several others, the Third Republic repealed most of the "Falloux Laws" of 1850–1851, which gave an important role to the clergy, reducing their earlier role in the teachings in public schools.


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