Record No.
MRB-2026-007111
Pioneer of Free, Compulsory, Secular Education
Education
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Record Holder
Jose Pedro Varela
Uruguay
Category
Education
Country
Uruguay
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Achievement Date
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Record Description
Reformer Jose Pedro Varela's 1877 Law of Common Education made Uruguay one of the first countries in the Americas to guarantee free, compulsory and secular public education, a system that still shapes Uruguayan schooling today.
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