Hello, I have a question regarding "Spartan education".
I'd like to know the western point of view.

Do you use the term "Spartan system" to regard a very strict teaching system?
For example,
"My teacher was very strict and sometimes slapped me on the face if I said something wrong. He taught me with Spartan system."

We do say it in Japan, but would you in western countries, I wonder?

"The monk lived in a Spartan, 6 by 6 foot, windowless room."

"His Spartan approach to spending saved him a lot of money."

"His taste in food was very Spartan; he ate only rice and beans."

I think "Spartan" means strict more in terms of "mean" or "ungenerous" with frills or luxuries.

"a Spartan education system" is more likely an education system with very little money for anything but the basics. I do not see "Spartan" as being directly connected to using physical force on another person.

In the UK we also use spartan (no initial capital) the way @dooo does. If I remember my history lessons correctly, the real Spartan education system used to be pretty rough, though, It may well have been like @Hitomi described it.

in french spartiate. First T pronounced S

It is funny how widely the term "Spartan education" has spread in Japan, though it was far from here geographically.
Thank you everyone!