"Hijacked" implies it was done against the serf's wishes....Not so!
It was handed over (better yet, "surrendered") officially in 1966 without a whimper.
P.S. It isn't "our" education system...It is the government's education/indoctrination system. That is why we have had 30 years of morons being generated by marxist morons. (The final result can be seen at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.)
I'm not clear to what you refer.