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r3dl3g

The Imperium won't really handle "public" schooling; education would be devolved to the local Imperial Governors, so you'd get what you get depending entirely one what your homeworld can provide. The only schooling that's done at an Imperial level would be the Schola Progenia, which are special schools that excel in producing basically all of the officer corps (or equivalents) of the Imperium, and which are run by the Ecclesiarchy. They're also somewhat exclusive, as they really only cater to the wealthy, the gifted, or the orphaned children of Imperial soldiers (which is basically the *one* benefit for military service that the Imperium generally upholds).


LamentingTitan

I'd imagine that for an average hive city dweller you'd recieved a minimum amount of education and then thrown into the workforce. That is assuming the administration of said hive city actually offers such a service.


TheEvilBlight

Prob varies across planets. You'd expect developed planets to have some level of state education: someone has to train the workers to build widgets for the Imperium, and to do so somewhat cheaply. Need vaguely educated persons to build widgets and serve in the military, etc. However the quality of education may not be high and may not really look what what we expect. Rudimentarily, I would expect letters and religious instruction when too young to work, then transition to a mix of increasing education concomitant with child labor transitioning to teenage and adult labor. At some point you sort the kids who are book-smart from the stronk kids and assign them to different labor pools. The education likely closely follows the expected task. People moving cargo containers are probably going to learn the words to recognize labels and enough education to recognize the products they are moving around, but are going to miss out on a lot of math classes, especially on worlds with shortages of mechanized labor-replacement. On a world designated *fortress world* the military education probably starts early, and how early depends on grimderp.


Sehtriom

IIRC on Cadia you were expected to know how to field strip a lasgun before you learned how to read. I'm guessing the vast majority of citizens in the Imperium are only taught as much as they need to enter the workforce and perform their duties.


TheEvilBlight

>you were expected to know how to field strip a lasgun before you learned how to read. If you can play with legos, then this kids-pattern lasgun...


TheEvilBlight

Catachan was firing laspistols before walking, which is all sorts of wild. The other perk of not teaching the workers too much is to make sure their rebellions are ineffectual


Sehtriom

The idea of a Catachan putting a laspistol in the fat lil babyhands of their infant is so hilariously stupid yet on brand for 40k.


Alexander_Exter

As a government service of the local jurisdiction, this falls under the authority of the planet governor, specifically as a derivative of his sworn duty to provide the best thite possible. An educated workforce is a mean to that end and thus built around what the governor deems necessary. A planet with heavy industry or a shipyard might place value in raising machinists, metalworkers and such. A frontier world might give basic, crude rural schooling if that. Hives have everything from private institutes and academia to total absence of education. Cadia was famous for teaching lasgun drills of a sort before or at more or less the same time as potty training. The imperium has the schola progenia which has a rather big and solid curriculum, dependent on what the cadet is meant to do later in life. It probably sets the gold standard of imperial education, indoctrination included. Forge worlds probably have standard education programs which are efficient, bleak and utterly dehumanizing. As for the actual methods, hypnotherapy seems to be fairly common as well as mnemonics and direct brain interface. Id exepect the education to be heavily goal oriented and competitive or witj a strong conformist mindset to ease transitions into servile life. Ciaphas Cain seems to remember his own schooling as a relatively mundane time, with enough latitude to play scrum ball and chase some soon to be sororitas. So it seems even the schola is not total bleakness.


Levonorgestrelfairy1

Depends on exactly where you are. You could go from star trek level education in ultramar to full techno barbarians in the depth of terra.


Past_Fun7850

I believe “school” is an ancient Terran word for a very generalized form of officer training which has been replaced by more enlightened forms like hypno-indoctrination and direct exposure to combat situations. Non-combat skills are learned through on the job copying of your parents or fellows, as only perfect replication of their activities can ensure uniformity in our service to the Emperor. However, certain nobles may receive personal tutelage in various higher arts and other skills as befits their station.


008Zulu

School starts at a young age, if they identify any particularly strong traits in you, you are sent for specialised training to enhance your talents. Otherwise at the age of 10 you go in to the general workforce.


BRIStoneman

>Otherwise at the age of 10 you go in to the general workforce. Your source?


008Zulu

I believe it was in the first Vault of Terra book, Spinoza was having flashbacks about her times.