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Educational Decrees

Various Educational Decrees displayed outside the Great Hall

Educational Decrees were laws created by the British Ministry of Magic to set or modify standards at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

History[]

During the 1995–1996 school year, the Ministry were no longer impressed by the standards at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry under the headship of Albus Dumbledore, because they thought he was lying about Lord Voldemort's return.[1]

Spearheaded by Dolores Umbridge, they created new educational decrees to suppress and outlaw behaviour of which the Ministry did not approve, some of which would outright expel the students found to be in transgression of.[2] In truth, however, they were just an excuse to strip Dumbledore of his headship of the school and give it to Umbridge.[3] Minerva McGonagall was shown to strongly dislike them, as when Umbridge pulled out a new decree, she exclaimed "Not another one!" Educational decrees were even used to control the teachers and limited the help they were able to give to their students, including giving no advice on anything that was not connected to their subject.[4] When Harry created Dumbledore's Army, she eventually created Educational Decree Number 24. These educational decrees were abolished when Albus Dumbledore and Harry Potter proved Lord Voldemort's return.[5]

Known Educational Decrees[]

Behind the scenes[]

Fireworks

The destruction of all the Educational Decrees

Appearances[]

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Notes and references[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 15 (The Hogwarts High Inquisitor)
  2. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 24 (Occlumency)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 28 (Snape's Worst Memory)
  4. 4.0 4.1 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 25 (The Beetle at Bay)
  5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 38 (The Second War Begins)
  6. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 17 (Educational Decree Number Twenty-Four)
  7. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 26 (Seen and Unforeseen)
  8. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 19 (The Lion and the Serpent)
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