Polskie 100 lat. Odc. 10 Nauka i kultura w II Rzeczpospolitej

Science and culture in the Second Polish Republic. After regaining independence, 33% of Poland was illiterate. The state consistently implemented the obligation of free general education, which in the 1930s covered over 90% of children. In the early 1920s, there were 17 higher education institutions, and by the late 1930s, there were 32, educating 50,000 students. The establishment of a sovereign state positively influenced the development of cultural life, its democratization, and its dissemination. This was facilitated by the growth of readership in books, various periodicals, and daily newspapers. The regaining of independence coincided with the development of new forms of literary and artistic life.