2025/08/12 by Sapia-Drewniak, Eleonora
#drafts of bills related to education of adults #educational system designed for the adult #outside-school education
paper · doi:10.34813/18coll2025
After the Polish state had regained independence in 1918, one of the most important tasks posed to the authorities was to eliminate illiteracy, and to raise the general level of education of the adult population. Realization of those goals was hampered though, because of the differing standpoints on this issue, which were represented by the state educational authorities, local governments and educational organizations. As a result, throughout the Interwar period, there was only one act passed in connection with obligatory literacy courses for recruits in the Polish Army. Although there were a few draft bills submitted to the Parliament, which dealt with legal regulations of the outside-school education, in view of the lack of acceptance by all of the organizers, they were not passed finally. Despite that, systematic education was developed in the form of courses for the illiterate, schools for adults and public libraries. This contributed to the cultural activity of citizens, and a decrease in the number of illiterate population in the country.