Education in the UK

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Education in the United Kingdom is a devolved matter with each of the countries of the United Kingdom having separate systems under separate governments: the UK Government is responsible for England; the Scottish Government, the Welsh Government and the Northern Ireland Executive are responsible for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, respectively. General Information

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In each country there are 5 stages of education : e arly years , p rimary school , secondary, Further Education (FE) and Higher Education (HE). The law states that full time education is compulsory for all children between the ages of 5 (4 in Northern Ireland) and 16, the Compulsory School Age (CSA). Stages of education

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• Junior School (from 7 to 13 years – the initial main training cycle , which ends with Common Entrance Examination. The successful pass of the exam is important to enroll in a high school. • Primary school (from 4 to 11 years) • High school • Senior School • Secondary School • Grammar School (from 11 years - in-depth program ) • Sixth Form (from 16 to 18 years) Common type of school in the UK is Boardin g School , where students learn and live. Classification of school s according to the age of students : • The institution of preschool education (for children 2-7 years old) • The schools of full cycle (for children 3-18 years old) • The institution for younger students General classification of Schools

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The purpose of educational system of the United Kingdom is formation of a creative, self-confident and independent person. At the age of 16, having finished the Compulsory, a student can choose whether to begin working or to proceed studying in a university. The higher education is paid both for foreigners as for natives. According to the international educational quality research, the quality of education in the UK becomes worse (the data taken from the 2000-2009 statistics).

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Top-3 the best universities of the UK University of Cambridge University of Oxford University of Edinburgh Cambridge Oxford Edinburgh

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