Catechist school

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The Catechetical School a travelling school known was developed to provide elementary education for the Saami in the mid-eighteenth century, and it became the dominant educational institution for nearly 200 years. The function of the catechists was to travel from lodge to lodge, home to home and teach the children to read and write and the commandments, main prayers and articles of faith. Up to the twentieth century, some education was also given in a few so-called Lapp schools and missionary schools. The advent of the elementary school and compulsory education gradually displaced catechetical education, although the elementary schools and catechists continued working side by side for some decades.

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