What came first, regulation of education, or educational institutions? Genuinely wondering. I will also ask AI & google :)

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Ironically, the "regulators" themselves created the first forms of education for the current ruling class to educate future ruling class. Allowing education to serve as the medium for transmission and propagation of human awareness, of classes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_education#:~:text=The%20first%20education%20system%20was,(farmers%2C%20workers%20etc.)