universal education

collocation in English

meaningsofuniversalandeducation

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universal
adjective
uk
/ˌjuː.nɪˈvɜː.səl/us
/ˌjuː.nəˈvɝː.səl/
existing everywhere or ...
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education
noun[S or U]
uk
/ˌedʒ.ʊˈkeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌedʒ.əˈkeɪ.ʃən/
the process of teaching or learning, especially in a school or college, or the knowledge that you get ...
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(Definition ofuniversalandeducationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The key to maintaining order by the new democracy, without heavy-handed central control, was the adoption ofuniversaleducation.
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Until recently, most children never learned to read or write; even with today'suniversaleducation, many children struggle and fail.
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After several decades of free anduniversaleducation, higher education is now emerging as a valuable social asset.
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From the 1960s, rural youth were provided withuniversaleducationand growing urban employment opportunities.
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Nor was it just about the efficiency of local government, or the creation ofuniversaleducation.
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Thus, the philosophy behind music appreciation was commensurate with the broad objectives ofuniversaleducationin the nineteenth century.
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Indeed, it was only in the later 19th century that the idea and ideal ofuniversaleducationfully emerged.
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Given such heterogeneity, the only way to ensure that government would remain in the hands of the intelligent was to insist uponuniversaleducationand careers open to talent.
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It brought the hope of auniversaleducation, a universal health service, a universal self-respect, and a respect for the people's own culture.
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In view of many of the remarks that have been made, we should recall howuniversaleducationcame about.
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One sees the encouragement ofuniversaleducation, with the result that the infrastructure takes all the educated men.
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In this day and age, withuniversaleducationof a high standard, we should involve ourselves much more in the process.
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Yet it was 50 years from the time thatuniversaleducationwas introduced to the time when universal suffrage was introduced.
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Nowadays we haveuniversaleducation, and very few more people make decisions about where their children will be educated.
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The main factor in bringing this about has beenuniversaleducation.
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Anyway, it would be impracticable to attempt to provideuniversaleducationat the moment, because of the shortage of teacher and other facilities.
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There have been many changes since many educational trusts were set up in the last century, not least the development ofuniversaleducation.
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What they wanted to know about was our capacity to produce food and manufactures anduniversaleducation.
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One is the fact thatuniversaleducationstarted about 100 years ago, at a time when nationalism was strong.
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