Komisja Edukacji Narodowej i jej Ustawy

Abstract

The Commission of National Education, over almost 21 years of its activity, evolved as an institution. The concept of reform and its implementation were perfected over the years. This reflected in the laws and regulations published by the Commission. Tracking these changes, in the spheres of both theory and practice, reveals the originality and the development of Polish educational thought, as well as the educational reality in late decades of the 18th century. The transformation of the Commission as an institution had an impact on the formation and improvement of the school code of law consisting of the Laws established by The Commission of National Education. Until 1793, there were three successive versions of the Ustawy Komisji Edukacji Narodowej [The Laws of The Commission of National Education] that were in force in the schools of the Republic of Poland of the time. The first one was a trial version entitled Project. Ustawy Komisji Edukacji Narodowej dla stanu akademickiego i na szkoły w krajach Rzeczypospolitej przepisane [Prescribed Laws of The Commission of National Education for the academic profession and schools in the Republic of Poland] (1781–1783), then the text published in 1783 (1783–1790) and finally the version whose legislation was passed to schools in 1790 (with several-month break in the summer of 1793 forced by Targowica) (1790–1794).