Madrassa – Islamic colleges
Shirij Madrassa, Fez, Morocco, about 1350 AD Who went to a madrassa? If you had done well at your maktab (elementary school), your parents might decide to send you on to a [...]
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Schools in ancient Greece – Greek education
Greek schools: The students stand before the teachers. Did ancient Greek kids go to school? Most Greek children never went to school at all. Girls, to begin with, always stayed [...]
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Government and Education
Nalanda University, India The first schools were all private schools. Your parents had to pay for you to go there, the way your parents pay for music lessons or dance [...]
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Schools in ancient China
Ancient China education - a Chinese school (actually from the 1500s AD) Most kids in ancient and medieval China never got a chance to go to school at all. They [...]