Education in the GB
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Education in the GB
- the education system of the United Kingdom is different in each of the four countries
England
Scotland
Wales
Northern Ireland
- education is compulsory for all children between 5 and 16 age
1) NURSERY SCHOOL/ PLAYSCHOOL = pre - school education
– 2 or 3 - 5 age
– played all the time
– learn colours
– usually paid
2) PRIMARY SCHOOL = 5 to 11 years
– lessons start at 8:30/9 pm – 5 pm
– children have registration at first
– they have swipe cards (enter the school, each classroom)
– the have money on swipe card for cantin
– reading, writing, counting
– no home works
– projects, group works
– have school uniforms (social problems in the class)
– they get free lunch for the first two years
– break they play:
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hopscotch (= panák)
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skippingroap (= skoky přes švihadlo)
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play tag (= honička)
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football
– all the schools are local (you belong to one school)
3) SECONDARY SCHOOL = 12 to 16 years
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Secondary Comprehensive School
- local (you belong there)
- majority (= většina)
- free (state school)
- no entrance exams
- several types/names: Academy, Community School, Free School
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Grammar Schools (only about 3% of students go there)
- selective schools
- entrance exams
- not very popular (in some places there are none)
- academic style of education
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Independent Schools
- also known as Public Schools
- private, could be same
- paid
- could be a boarding school (something as Hogwarts in Harry Potter, student are sleep there)
- most famous is ETON (prince William)
- very formal uniforms
- at the age of 16 GSCE (General Certificate of Secondary Education)
- at secondary schools
- exams
- organised by state
- usually done from 6 - 8 subjects
- it is state organized 8 – 10 subjects
PASS
- you study 6th FORM (NEXT 2 YEARS OF SCHOOL)
A - levels
after 6th FORM
sometimes called GCSE advance
like maturita exam
4 subjects (can be 3)
sometimes exams for universities
FAIL
- you can go to work or have special training
- about 30% fail for the first time
- you try again
UNIVERSITY EDUCATION
all universities are paid (around 9000 a year)
no money student loan (pay back after finishing university) = půjčka
most famous are Oxford and Cambridge
you can get a scholarship
degrees of university:
BA Bachelor of Arts
BSc Bachelor of Science
MA Master of Arts
MSc Master of Science
PhD Doctorate degree