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• Only 55% of 5-14 year olds were enrolled in schools and literacy rates were just 70%. The new republican government therefore made education a priority, building 7,000 schools in its first year
• wealth inequality lead to working class radicalisation meant joined anarchist CNT and socialist UGT to demand better pay conditions.
• working class became anti church due to the belief that the catholic church was the guardian of interests of the Spanish traditional elites
• lots of poverty in rural areas , as work for farmers were only seasonal. many moved to urban areas where pay and working conditions were better , this resulted in the creation of 'shanty towns' in big cities