Considerations

• According to HistoryLink101, most children in Ancient Egypt stayed at home with their mothers, which instilled a deep maternal respect and love in the children. When boys reached the age of 4, their education was taken over by their fathers. Generally, boys would go into the same profession as their fathers. Girls remained in the home and were taught to manage household duties by their mothers.
  
  

Time Frame

• Generally speaking, village schools taught basics such as reading, writing and math as well as the values of the community. If a child were being trained as a priest or a scribe, he would most likely go to a special school in the community. Around the age of 14, boys would go to their fathers' place of business and begin to learn the trade that they were to assume when they reached the appropriate age. Only the children of royal or very wealthy families would gain an education that went beyond rudimentary or vocational knowledge.
  
  

Function

• According to TourEgypt, most of the education in Ancient Egypt took the form of children assisting their parents with labor-heavy tasks until such a time as they were able to perform the task themselves. Children were expected to contribute to society, and their parents were responsible for most of their moral and ethical education and for inculcating their children with proper religious instruction.
  
  

Types

• According to TourEgpyt, there was virtually no selection of a vocation, as most history indicates that careers were hereditary. This was characteristic of even the highest offices in Egypt; important officers would often bring their sons to work with them as their assistants, so the passing of the office from father to son was implicit in the son's training. The children of agricultural workers, fishermen or stonemasons learned their trade much the same way.
  
  According to King-Tut.org, the scribe schools were usually attached to government buildings, and the priest schools to temples.
  
  The prince's school was considered the most revered of all educational institutions in ancient Egypt; it educated the son of the pharaoh and the rest of the royal family.
  
  Girls from royal or otherwise privileged families were educated in the areas of mathematics, writing and literature, but those girls were few in number. Females from most households in ancient Egypt were taught at home to manage domestic responsibilities and were also trained to sing, dance and play musical instruments. This training could be put to great use if a girl were selected to sing or play music in a temple.
  
  

Theories/Speculation

• According to King-Tut.org, despite the fact that most in-depth education was reserved for the children of the very wealthy, Egyptians regarded education with a great deal of respect and considered the opportunity to study to be a privilege. However, the concept of social mobility through education was not completely unheard of. A program did exist in the prince's school allowing boys from the community with special promise to enter and receive the best education, studying among the children of the royal family.