ABSTRACT
Education was one of the main points of interest of the communist regime from the very beginning of its rule in Poland. During the first post-war school year, most pre-war regulations remained in force, including school curricula that could be adjusted by local school authorities to the new needs and realities. The Polish Workers' Party was not satisfied with the changes. As it began to monopolize political, social and cultural life in 1947–1948, the reform project gained momentum. The ministerial instruction of June 10, 1948, introduced a new system of education, with a 7-year primary and 4-year secondary school despite the teachers' postulates of 8-year primary school. The same instruction contained new curricula. The de-Stalinization process brought a new version of school curricula, signed into law in 1959. They were relatively moderate in terms of their ideological content.
