▁and ▁form ▁a ▁new ▁el ite . ▁A ▁new ▁University ▁of ▁R ennes ▁was ▁progress ively ▁re created ▁during ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁century . ▁In ▁the ▁meant ime , ▁several ▁laws ▁were ▁promoted ▁to ▁open ▁schools , ▁not ably ▁for ▁girls . ▁In ▁ 1 8 8 2 , ▁Jules ▁Fer ry ▁succeeded ▁in ▁passing ▁a ▁law ▁which ▁made ▁primary ▁education ▁in ▁France ▁free , ▁non - cler ical ▁( la ï que ) ▁and ▁mand atory . ▁Thus , ▁free ▁schools ▁were ▁opened ▁in ▁almost ▁every ▁villages ▁of ▁Brit t any . ▁Jules ▁Fer ry ▁also ▁promoted ▁education ▁policies ▁establish ing ▁French ▁language ▁as ▁the ▁language ▁of ▁the ▁Republic , ▁and ▁mand atory ▁education ▁was ▁a ▁mean ▁to ▁er ad icate ▁regional ▁languages ▁and ▁dialect s . ▁In ▁Brit t any , ▁it ▁was ▁forb idden ▁for ▁the ▁pup ils ▁to ▁speak ▁Bre ton ▁or ▁Gal lo , ▁and ▁the ▁two ▁were ▁strongly ▁dep reci ated . ▁Hum ili ating ▁practices ▁aim ed ▁at ▁stamp ing ▁out ▁the ▁Bre ton ▁language ▁and ▁culture ▁pre va iled ▁in ▁state ▁schools ▁until ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 6 0 s . ▁In ▁response , ▁the ▁Di wan ▁schools ▁were ▁founded ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 7 ▁to ▁teach ▁Bre ton ▁by ▁imm ersion . ▁They ▁have ▁taught ▁a ▁few ▁thousand ▁young ▁people ▁from ▁elementary ▁school ▁to ▁high ▁school , ▁and ▁they ▁have ▁gained ▁more ▁and ▁more ▁fame ▁ow ing ▁to ▁their ▁high ▁level ▁of ▁results ▁in ▁school ▁ex ams . ▁A ▁b