Education

• Dmitry Tolstoy was appointed as Minister of Education.  He was a staunch Orthodox believer and felt a tight control over education was essential to eradicate Western liberal ideas and growing criticism of the autocracy.
• zemstva's powers over education were reduced The Church regained its authority over rural schools
• In the universities, more liberal courses replaced by a traditional curriculum.  Censorship was tightened and there was strict control over student activities and organisations. "
• More state teacher-training colleges were set up, but this was to increase Tsarist control, rather than to improve education.  "