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Historically, political legitimacy was founded on dynasty or religion. Education was primarily a private matter. The responsibility for passing on essential skills, knowledge and values to the young rested with the family, religious bodies, guilds and local communities. With the rise of the Nation State, education became the responsibility of the State. The most important task assigned to the national systems of education has been education for citizenship, the task of nation building.
A national system of education is a living thing, the outcome of battles and struggles of long ago.
(Sir Michael Sadler)
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Power, C. (2015). On Building and Rebuilding Nations. In: The Power of Education. Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Issues, Concerns and Prospects, vol 27. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-221-0_13
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