Young children were working very long hours in …
In 1833 new legislation was enacted which restricted the employment of children in factories, and in the same year the House of Commons approved a grant of £20,000 to the two voluntary bodies.
In this section GROUP A: i) Create a revision resource on the Factory Act of 1833, its terms and its significance and upload it to the DTC Student Share Area ii)Create and act an historical drama entitled 'Child Labour in a Nineteenth century cotton mill' A family had to pay a few pence a week for each child attending. In 1833, the government passed the Factory Act making two hours of education a day compulsory for children working in factories. were founded in Birmingham, Liverpool, Leeds, Manchester, Sheffield and Bristol, concentrating on 'hands-on' courses such as science or engineering. Members of Parliament thought that working class people would improve their lives by visiting the museums instead of spending their free time in pubs.
These differed from universities such as Oxford and Cambridge which primarily taught less vocational and more traditional subjects such as history and the classics.Mechanics' Institutes were set up in many towns to provide night-school education for working men and public libraries were built in many cities so that more people had access to improve their lives during their free time. The government also granted money to charities to help schools for the first time.In 1844, the Ragged Schools Union was set up to give schooling to very poor children.The Public Schools Act (1868) reformed Britain's public schools, such as Eton and Harrow.In 1870, Forster's Act set up state-funded board schools for primary education.In 1880, the Education Act made school attendance compulsory for children up to the age of 10.The 1902 Education Act established a system of secondary schools.Some historians say the improvements were made because the public were beginning to complain about the lack of education and support for young children who worked long, hard days in factories.
The Education Act of 1870 required all children aged between 5 and 13 years to attend school. Visiting Parliament Parliament’s role In particular it was felt that literacy needed to be extended so that working people had the power to understand their responsibilities as citizens.By 1857 the annual grant was well over £500,000, and a government department was set up to oversee expenditure. Get involved with Parliament Members of Parliament
The Industrial Revolution brought the United Kingdom into an era of technology and productivity. It also meant that rural and industrial areas which had no schools usually remained without them.The House of Commons debates a system of National Education in July 1833The House of Lords debates recommendations for Ragged Schools from the Education Commission In this section Supporting teachers Provisions initiated the School Board era with local involvement to supplement voluntary provision of education.