What is Compulsory education?
'''Compulsory schooling''', '''compulsory education''', '''mandatory education''' or '''mandatory schooling''' is the period [[child]]ren must stay in [[school]], especially [[state school]]. Most countries have mandatory school attendance laws. If a child does not go to school on the required days, this is called [[truancy]] and in many countries is punished via [[fine]]s and [[jail]] time for children and or their parents. [[Prussia]] was the first modern state to pass mandatory schooling laws and the [[Prussian model]] of schooling became standard in [[North America]] and [[Europe]] during the 19th century. [[Category:Education]]