Who invented School?

Have you never asked your parents as to who or why the school was created? This is one of the few questions that every school going student has asked their parents. This reflects the curiosity one has to know who actually came up with the term school.

How did you feel when you were made to work upon tough tests? Did you wonder why you’ve been given such a punishment? Well, If you try to be honest with yourself once, you’ll know how great the school feeling was! And how your school uniforms drive you through a lane of nostalgia.

Let us get some answers to our questions!

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With the passage of time, the world got populated profoundly, and therefore societies were created. With the emergence of societies, an inevitable worry for the transmission of knowledge, values, skills, and traditions cropped up. So, the concept of a teacher came up who would teach varied subjects ranging from mathematics, science, arts, and traditions. This gave birth to the education system. While India was blessed with a Gurukul education systemto educate the kids, Islamic States had Madrassa while other countries like Rome, Ancient Egypt and the Chinese also had similar systems.

As time moved on, a requirement for rooms arrived so that innumerable students could come and get educated. Keeping the same in mind, The first school started in the United States (US) in the seventeenth century. Boston Latin School, which was founded in 1635, was the first public school and the oldest existing school in the country as education in the US became very important post-American Revolution.

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