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1.Introduction2.EducationalSystem3.HigherEducation4.CurrentProblems1.Introduction?Educationiscompulsoryforallchildrenbetweentheagesof5and17.?About93%ofallchildrenattendpublicschoolsandthereststudyingatprivateschools.?TheNationalCurriculumwasintroducedintheeducationalsystemofGreatBritainin1988.?Pupilstodaymustlearn10subjects.●EducationalPolicy?toprovidechildrenwithliteracyandtheotherbasicskillstheywillneedtobecomeactivemembersofsociety;?tosocializechildren:theylearnrulesandvaluestheyneedtobecomegoodcitizens,toparticipateinthecommunity,andtocontributetotheeconomicprosperityofanadvancedindustrialeconomy.

?Britishchildrenarerequiredbylawtohaveaneducationuntiltheyare16yearsold.?Educationiscompulsory.1.Introduction●Thepurposeofeducation:1.Introduction●Curriculum

Allgovernment-runschools,stateschools,followthesameNationalCurriculum.●TheSchoolYearTheschoolyearrunsfromSeptembertoJulyandis39weekslong.Formanyareastheyearisdividedintothreeterms:?SeptembertoDecember?JanuarytoMarch?ApriltoJuly1.Introduction●Schoolholidays

●Themainschoolholidaysare:?Christmas-2weeks?Spring-2weeks?Summer-6weeks

●Therearealsooneweekholidays:?endofOctober?midFebruary?endofMay●Thepresenteducationsystem?stateschools:fundedbylocalandcentralgovernment?privateschools?publicschools=independentschools2.EducationalSystem2.EducationalSystem●

Levelsofeducation

?Beforeage5:pre-primaryschoolingsuchasnurseryschools,daycareorplaygroups?age5-11:Primaryschoolco-educationalschools/mixedschools?age11-19:secondaryschool?grammarschools:pupilswhoshowacademicpotentialareselectedthroughanexaminationcalled“the11-plus”(age11).Theyconcentratetheirstudyonadvancedacademicworkratherthanthemoregeneralcurriculumofthecomprehensiveschools(NorthernIreland)?secondarymodernschools:pupilswhofailtogethighmarksin“the11-plus”examinationcangotothiskindofschool.Theseschoolsaresupposedtobeofloweracademiclevelsandpreparepupilsforhighereducationaswellasforpracticalwork.?comprehensiveschools:providegeneraleducation.Pupilcanstudyeverythingfromacademicsubjectslikeliteratureandsciences,tomorepracticalsubjectslikecookingandcarpentry.●Typesofsecondaryschool2.EducationalSystem●Examinationsaftersecondaryeducation?age16:GCSEexams(GeneralCertificateofSecondaryEducation?A-levels(GeneralCertificateofEducation-Advanced)2.EducationalSystem3.HighereducationTherearemorethan100universitiesinBritain.AllBritishuniversitiesarepartiallyfundedbycentralgovernmentgrants,exceptBuckinghamUniversityandBPPUniversityCollege.Britain’suniversitiesarelegallyindependentandenjoycompleteacademicfreedom.?TheUniversityofOxford,theoldestuniversityintheEnglish-speakingworldandtheworld’ssecondoldestsurvivinguniversity.?Itconsistsof39constituentcollegesandafullrangeofacademicdepartmentswhichareorganizedintofourdivisions.

●OxfordUniversity3.Highereducation?MostundergraduateteachingatOxfordisorganizedaroundweeklytutorialsattheself-governingcolleges.?OxfordisthehomeoftheRhodesScholarship,theuniversityoperatestheworld’soldestuniversitymuseum,aswellasthelargestuniversitypress.

●OxfordUniversity3.Highereducation?IthasthelargestacademiclibrarysysteminBritain.?Oxfordhaseducatedatleast12Kingsfromeightcountries,6KingsofEngland,69NobelPrizewinners,53presidentsandprimeministersfrom19countries,including25BritishPrimeministers(13ofwhomwerefromChristChurchCollege),12saints,86archbishops,and18cardinals.

●OxfordUniversity3.Highereducation●CambridgeUniversity?ItisoneofthelargestinBritain.?Itisthesecond-oldestuniversityintheEnglish-speakingworldandtheworld’sfourth-oldestsurvivinguniversity.3.Highereducation●CambridgeUniversity?Cambridgeisformedfrom31constituentcollegesandconsistsofover100academicdepartments.?CambridgeUniversityPressistheworld’soldestpublishinghouseandthesecond-largestuniversitypressintheworld.3.Highereducation●CambridgeUniversity?CambridgeUniversityhasmanydistinguishedalumni,including4Kings,15BritishPrimeministers,atleast30presidentsandprimeministersfromIreland,India,Australia,SouthAfrica,SoutheastAsia,SouthKorea,Poland,Jordanandothercountriesorregions,andmorelikeNewton,Darwin,Keynesandothermodernscientificpioneers.3.Highereducation●ThemaingroupsofBritishuniversities

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Theolduniversities:Oxbridge-OxfordandCambridge(theoldest)

3.Highereducation

●Theredbrickuniversities:1850-1930

3.HighereducationUniversityofBirminghamUniversityofLiverpoolUniversityofManchesterUniversityofBristolUniversityofSheffieldUniversityofLeeds

●Thenewuniversities:AfterWWIIaltogether:46universities,35inEngland,8inScotland,2inNorthernIreland,and1inWales.

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