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compulsory education

period of education required for a person
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Summary

compulsory education is a duty[1]. It draws 3,008 Wikipedia views per month (duty category, ranking #1 of 2).[2]

Key Facts

  • Main regulatory text: Convention on the Rights of the Child[3]
  • Subclass of: education[4]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Compulsory education[5]
  • Described by source: The Encyclopedia Americana[6]
  • Main Wikidata property: P3270[7], P3271[8]

Why It Matters

compulsory education has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 62 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → education-compulsory
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: education-compulsory, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289928245|education compulsory (#289928245)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/79"
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