Joseph Lancaster's British and Foreign School Society (BFSS) offered charitable aid to educational projects in the UK and around the world by funding schools, other charities and educational bodies. Built in Borough Road, Southwark, London and established in 1798, it was an important development in the provision of universal free education for children. The Lancasterian system used older children who had already been given some education to teach the younger children. It was designed to provide a cheap basic education with limited educational resources.
Joseph Lancaster's British and Foreign School Society (BFSS) offers charitable aid to educational projects in the UK and around the world by funding schools, other charities and educational bodies. Built in Borough Road, Southwark, London and established in 1798, it was an important development in the provision of universal free education for children. A teacher training institution, Borough Road College, was added soon afterwards in 1801. The Lancasterian system (or monitorial system) used older children who had already been given some education to teach the younger children. It was designed to provide a cheap basic education with limited resources and numbers of teachers.
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