Szkolnictwo elementarne w dekanacie siewierskim w latach 20. XIX wieku

Abstract

In accordance with the regulations of The Government Commission of Religious Confessions and Public Enlightenment from 1817 parsons of parishes laying on the area of the Polish Kingdom were obliged to present to the dean, and he in turn to the bishop, the report of proceedings (the report) so called ‘the examination’ of elementary schools twice a year. In the school year 1822–1823 in 14 out of 17 existing parishes of the deanery of Siewierz of the Diocese of Cracow (no data from three parishes) – 26 elementary schools functioned. Teachers who worked at these schools fulfilled their tasks in different ways. Their work had an influence on benefits which children had from attending schools for four years. However, pupils were frequently called away from school-duties by parents, there was no fuel to heat rooms of schools, and diseases of children caused that they seldom and only some of them managed to learn reading, writing, calculating, and religion.