ABSTRACT
Since Ancient Greek and Roman times the State has laid claim to control of teachers. Both Plato and Aristotle argued that the State should have a direct involvement in education. In Aristotle’s view education was about citizenship and about developing the emotional side of human nature (Smith, 1946). Education was an enterprise in which the State needed to take a lead:
In the eighteenth century, Rousseau argued for a degree of state control of education as a way of protecting the liberty of individuals. In the nineteenth century, John Stuart Mill said that the state should not control education but compel parents to do their duty in respect of their children. If necessary, the State should provide them with assistance in that task.
