In fact, Dibison just happened to catch the right moment.
Establishing an entire education system is by no means a simple task.
Take, for example, the most basic need: textbooks—Joseph had already organized a group to secretly write them for about a year and a half, and only recently was the official version completed.
You have to understand, at present, all of Europe's preparatory schools—that is, elementary education for children under twelve—are still using the Bible as their teaching material.
It's not just Church Schools—even the top private schools for Nobles are the same; at best, some responsible teachers might supplement with something like The Homeric Epics.
As a result, many children still can't manage basic reading or writing after a year, but they can recite scripture fluently...
And it was only recently that Joseph discovered French doesn't even have a standard phonetic alphabet yet.
