The said Ordinance was important for creating an instrument for education that was funded by the public.
Under Section 16, every township was set aside for the preservation of
public schools. Many schools are still
found on the section sixteen of their own townships even if several have been
sold to generate income for public education.
Even in latter states, section 36 of each townships was also assigned as
a school section. This gave children
living in a township access to education.
