Jędrzejewicz reform was a major reform of the education in the Second Polish Republic, implemented in 1932. It reorganized the structure of Polish education, which diverged into three different systems during the era of

partitions of Poland The Partitions of Poland were three partition (politics), partitions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth that took place between 1772 and 1795, toward the end of the 18th century. They ended the existence of the state, resulting in the eli ...

.Jarosław Jastrzębski, "Reforma Jędrzejewicza w państwowym szkolnictwie akademickim II Rzeczypospolitej. Wzmocnienie prerogatyw władz państwowych", ZESZYTY NAUKOWE UNIWERSYTETU JAGIELLOŃSKIEGO MCCCXVIII – 2011, Prace Historyczne z. 138, pp. 159-176
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It was named after Minister of Education, Janusz Jędrzejewicz who supervised the reform. The education reform was approved by the

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on March 11, 1932 On March 15, 1933 the reform was extended to encompass the

higher education Tertiary education (higher education, or post-secondary education) is the educational level following the completion of secondary education. The World Bank defines tertiary education as including universities, colleges, and vocational schools ...

.Ustawa z dnia 15 marca 1933 r. o szkołach akademickich – Dz.U. z 1933 r. Nr 29, poz. 247. Ustawa z dnia 15 marca 1933 r. o szkołach akademickich The Jędrzejewicz reform received controversial recognition. From one hand, it introduced

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and unified credentials of various schools at their relative educational levels. On the other hand, it introduced a considerable degree of the interference of the state into the issues of

academic freedom Academic freedom is the right of a teacher to instruct and the right of a student to learn in an academic setting unhampered by outside interference. It may also include the right of academics to engage in social and political criticism. Academic ...

, in line with the overall politics of Józef Piłsudski.

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