Education Act 1902
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Education Act 1902 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. At the time of passing, the Conservative Party (UK) was in power.
The Act abolished the 2568 school boards set up by the Education Act 1870 and handed their duties over to Local Education Authorities (LEAs). It also brought voluntary schools under some control of the government, giving them funding.
The Act is seen as controversial as the school boards had been out-performing the voluntary Anglican schools which had existed before the 1870 Act. As the Conservatives preferred the church schools they hoped to rectify this imbalance. They were also worried about the radical and secular education provided by the board schools as this threatened the status quo.
[edit] Opposition
Opposition for the Act came from several sources. The most notable were the Liberal Party (UK) led by David Lloyd-George, the Labour Movement and the non-conformists.
Non-conformist opposition was championed by John Clifford. Clifford formed the National Passive Resistance movement which hoped to convince more non-conformists to resist the Act and stop paying their rates until it was repealed. By 1906, 107 men had been imprisoned for this refusal, and yet no change to the law was made.
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