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Describe the history of education of the Ancient Egypt

Describe the history of education of the Ancient Egypt

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-The education system in Egypt of about 4000BC and 1000 BC
-It was centered along the Nile valley i.e. founded on agricultural activities of the Nile
-All aspects of Egyptian life was linked to religion and believed in life after death
-Egyptian society was stratified into the following classes
1. Upper class/ royal class
2. middle class/working class
3. lower class/slaves
Aims of Egyptian education included:
i. Achieving proper understanding of their religion i.e. enhance morality and respect to god
ii. Development of vocational skills. The skills were needed for trade and agriculture.
iii. Fostering social stability and maintenance of status quo
iv. Producing professionals and work oriented people to support social economic and political systems
Whereas skills in trade were easy to develop, skills in agriculture were not since, they needed development of knowledge in other field of learning. These were the following:
1.Mathematics
2.Geometry
3.Physics
-Skills and knowledge in these subjects were made necessary because of the type of agriculture practiced in the area. Egypt is a country in the desert.
-The livelihood of these people in this country was and is still based on the waters of the river Nile.
Therefore, their farming was still and is by irrigation. This require further knowledge of survey for measurement and geometry for the levels of water flows.

Titany answered the question on August 30, 2021 at 06:35

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