compulsory education

collocation in English

meaningsofcompulsoryandeducation

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compulsory
adjective
uk
/kəmˈpʌl.sər.i/us
/kəmˈpʌl.sɚ.i/
If something is compulsory, you must do it because of a rule ...
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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 ofcompulsoryandeducationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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These have included publications exploring popular medicine, the introduction ofcompulsoryeducation for children, and, most dramatically of all, the imposition of military conscription.
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There is however a danger thatcompulsoryeducationparticipation may be resented.
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A constitution was established mandatingcompulsoryeducationthrough primary school.
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The junior third year is the final year ofcompulsoryeducation, while the senior first year is the first year of post-compulsoryeducation.
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Another influential change in the lives of children was the introduction of free andcompulsoryeducation.
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The period for payments was subsequently shortened to compensate for the increase in the number qualifying, and hence children incompulsoryeducationno longer qualified after 1988.
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Universalcompulsoryeducationwas more than a generation old, and some experience of schooling was not uncommon before that, except among the very poorest classes.
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Following the advent ofcompulsoryeducationin 1872, the new age was reflected in the choice of songs for schools, and the tension between cultural restoration and modernisation.
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Unfortunately, the earlier scheme ofcompulsoryeducationin working hours simply did not work.
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They have been accustomed for many years tocompulsoryeducation, and do not object to it in the slightest.
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When we come to the end ofcompulsoryeducationthe situation is extremely confusing, with many disincentives to continuing into further or higher education.
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After all, we are speaking ofcompulsoryeducation; we require 11 years' compulsory schooling of children.
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They have just come out of the period ofcompulsoryeducation, when citizenship, voting and the electoral system are taught.
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Statistics are collected by careers services on the first destinations of all 16-year-olds following the completion of theircompulsoryeducation.
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