zej ew icz ▁reform ▁primary ▁school ▁was ▁made ▁comp uls ory . ▁Furthermore , ▁the ▁pre - war ▁system ▁of ▁education ▁was ▁in ▁dis array ; ▁many ▁educational ▁facilities ▁were ▁much ▁more ▁accessible ▁in ▁wealth ier ▁western ▁and ▁central ▁Poland ▁than ▁in ▁the ▁rural ▁east ▁( K res y ), ▁particularly ▁in ▁the ▁Pol es ie ▁region ▁where ▁there ▁was ▁one ▁large ▁school ▁per ▁ 1 0 0 ▁square ▁kilom eters ▁( 3 9 ▁square ▁miles ). ▁School s ▁were ▁also ▁in ▁des perate ▁need ▁of ▁staff , ▁tut ors ▁and ▁teachers ▁before ▁ 1 9 3 9 . ▁▁ ▁After ▁the ▁ 1 9 4 7 ▁Polish ▁legisl ative ▁election , ▁the ▁commun ists ▁took ▁full ▁control ▁of ▁the ▁education ▁in ▁the ▁newly - formed ▁Polish ▁People ' s ▁Republic . ▁All ▁private ▁schools ▁were ▁national ized , ▁subjects ▁that ▁could ▁question ▁the ▁social ist ▁ide ology ▁( e conom ics , ▁fin ance ) ▁were ▁either ▁super vised ▁or ▁adjust ed ▁and ▁religious ▁studies ▁were ▁completely ▁removed ▁from ▁the ▁curr icul um ▁( sec ular ization ). ▁▁ ▁Despite ▁commun ist ▁c ensor ship ▁measures , ▁primary ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁secondary , ▁t ert i ary , ▁voc ational ▁and ▁higher ▁education ▁was ▁made ▁free . ▁Att endance ▁gradually ▁grew , ▁which ▁put ▁an ▁end ▁to ▁ill iter acy ▁in ▁rural ▁areas . ▁The ▁commun ist ▁government ▁also ▁introduced ▁new ▁benef icial ▁content ▁into ▁the ▁system ; ▁sports ▁and ▁physical ▁education ▁were ▁enfor ced ▁and ▁students ▁were ▁encourag ed ▁to ▁learn