3. System of Education in Great Britain презентация

education
Further education
Higher education
Postgraduate education

to the local education authorities;
Education in Britain mirrors the country’s social system: it is class-divided and selective. The first division is between those who pay and those who do not pay;
Compulsory schooling in England from the age of 5 to 16;
After the age of 16 a growing number of school students are staying on at school, some until 18 or 19, the age entry into higher education in Universities, Polytechnics or colleges.

schools of which the majority are for both boys and girls;
About 90 percent of all state-financed secondary schools are of this type;
At 16 students in England and Wales take GCSE (General Certificate of Secondary Education) examinations. In 1988 these examinations replaced the GCE and O-level which were usually passed by about 20 percent of school students;
At 18 some students take A-level GCE examinations, Usually in two or three subjects. It is necessary to have A-levels in order to go to a university or Polytechnic;

divided into three terms;
Good A-level results in at least two subjects are necessary to get a place at a university. However, Good exam passes alone are not enough. Universities choose their students after interviews;
There are about one hundred universities in Britain. The oldest and best-known universities are in Oxford, Cambridge.

the Degree of Bachelor of Arts, Science, Engineering, Medicine etc;
Later he may continue to take a Master s Degree and then a Doctor s Degree;