IELTS Reading detail Practice
Compared to church or guild-based instruction, the Prussian school system was a paradigm shift primarily because it was...
Question type: sentence completion · Difficulty: advanced
- A. available only to the aristocracy.
- B. focused on practical craft skills.
- C. less structured and non-compulsory.
- D. funded and controlled by the nation-state.
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Paragraph C highlights that the Prussian model established 'state funding and administration' and was 'promulgated through a series of edicts' by the state. This is contrasted with the pre-modern systems in Paragraph B which were run by the church or guilds, not the state. Therefore, state funding and control was the main shift.