Saturday 23 January 2010

Education system in British

There are three kinds of schools in UK,the first one is the public school.The Public school, in common British and Irish usage, is a school which is usually prestigious and historic, which is open to the public and which charges fees and is financed by bodies other than the state, commonly as a private charitable trust. There are some famous public schools. For example, Eton college, Rugby, Harrow and Winchester. There have some Distinctive customs, attitudes and clothes.The second one is the gammer school.The Grammar and Secondary modern school, is one of several different types of school in the history of education in the United Kingdom and other English-speaking countries. In the modern United States, the term is synonymous with elementary school.The third one is the comprehensive school.The Comprehensive school, is a secondary school and State school for children from the age of 11 to at least 16 that does not select children on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude. The term is commonly used in relation to the United Kingdom, where comprehensive schools were introduced in the late 1940s to the early 1970s. It corresponds to the high school in the United States (ages 14 to 18). Some 90% of British pupils are educated at comprehensive schools.The school lifeSchool year divided into 3 terms. Those are autumn term (Sep-Dec), summer term (Jan-Mar) and summer term (May-July). There are half term break in middle of each term.Government introduced National Curriculum--a set learning objectives to be achieved --obligatory in all state schools.

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  1. You should compare the British system with China. See the notes handed out on Wednesday.

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