education under the NEP

• • NEP was a period of compromise.
• Affected education as well as the economy.
• • Educational provision declined in the first years.
• Financial issues meant cuts in educational provision:

  • Forced some schools to close to save money.
  • Introduced fees to pay for primary and secondary education for all except the poorest children.
  • Scrapped plans to open up children’s homes for the 7 million children orphaned due to the Civil War.
• • In the first 18 months of the NEP, the number of children in education halved, as did the number of schools.