Gifted Students in the Light of the Statutes of the Commission for National Education
Gifted Students in the Light of the Statutes of the Commission for National Education

Summary/Abstract: The idea to undertake the research presented in this article was sparked by the 250th anniversary of establishing, on October 14, 1773, the Commission for National Education, which was the first in Poland state office for education. The establishment of the Commission gave rise to great hopes for education of new generations of Poles, whose future activities were meant to help the country rise from the fall after the first partition of Poland carried out by Russia, Prussia and Austria in 1772. The research aimed to analyse the conditions created by the Commission for National Education for gifted children and youth in the educational system of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. The article discusses the research findings which provide an answer to the question about educational solutions introduced in the provisions of the Statutes of the Commission of National Education to support the development of students’ abilities. The research used the documentary research method. The content of the Statutes of 1783 published by Stanisław Sobieski in 1872 in Lviv was qualitatively analyzed. The original version of the document is currently kept in the digital resources of the Greater Poland Digital Library. The research showed that although the Statutes of the Commission contained no separate chapter devoted to specific provisions regulating education of gifted students, the Legislator still allowed for some organizational, financial, personal and methodical solutions which offered opportunities for the development of students’ abilities. The article provides an overview of the regulations concerning the system of school awards, institution of tutors and instruction of teachers with the resulting benefits for gifted students.

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