FACTORII CE AU INFLUENŢAT ÎNVĂŢĂMÂNTUL RURAL ÎN ROMÂNIA INTERBELICĂ
FACTORS THAT INFLUENCED RURAL EDUCATION IN INTERWAR ROMANIA

Summary/Abstract: After 1918, all Romanian governments were concerned with the development of primary education and the liquidation of illiteracy. Rates of literacy had increased since the 1930s, but the results were not always as expected. The factors that influenced the evolution of education in the interwar period were numerous, including the insufficient number of schools, the large number of students in a class, the low wages of teachers and reduced class frequency in certain areas. Two were the main causes influencing attendance, namely the lack of financial resources, a situation that worsened in the years 1929-1933 due to the decrease of agricultural prices, and the role of the child as a producer in the peasant household. In some areas, such as Bessarabia, schools were less common and education usefulness was overlooked by the inhabitants. However, the teacher and the priest maintained their authoritative status, within or outside the institutions that they represented. Their advice was required in decisive moments and their views were decisive.

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