4. The education of
Polish society was a
goal of rulers as early
as the 12th century,
and Poland soon
became one of the
most educated
countries in Europe.
5. The first university
in Poland, Kraków's
Jagiellonian
University, was
established in 1364
by Casimir III the
Great in Kraków.
6. Casimir III efforts to
found an institution of
higher learning in
Poland were finally
rewarded when Pope
Urban V granted him
permission to open the
University of Kraków.
7.
8. The Polish state
steadfastly pursued a
policy of economic
liberalization
throughout the 1990s,
with positive results for
economic growth but
negative results for
some sectors of the
population
14. The Economy
of Poland is the
largest economy
in Central Europe sixth
largest in the EU, and
the largest among the
ex- real socialist
members of the
European Union.