A difficult challenge for orthopaedic surgeons is the treatment of injured joint surface cartilage in the young and active patient. Localized damage to one of the surfaces of the knee joint can lead to degradation and destruction of the opposing healthy joint surface.
The 1870 Education Act stands as the very first piece of legislation to deal specifically with the provision of education in Britain.Most importantly, it demonstrated a commitment to provision on a national scale.n 1880 a further Education Act finally made school attendance compulsory between the ages of five and ten, though by the early 1890s attendance within this age group was falling short at 82 per cent.
One of the last areas in Europe to adopt a compulsory system was England and Wales, where the Elementary Education Act of 1870 paved the way by establishing school boards to set up schools in any places that did not have adequate provision. Attendance was made compulsory until age 10 in 1880. The Education Act of 1996 made it an obligation on parents to require children to have a full-time education from the age of five to the age of sixteen. However, attendance at school itself is not compulsory; Section 7 of the Act allows for education otherwise than at a school i.e. home education.