The educational system of Great Britain and Russia

An educated person is one who knows a lot about many things. I think it is very important that everyone should be educated. Each pupils ought todo his best to become a useful member of our society.

Education is very important in our life. Going on educational excursions gives us opportunities to acquire some scientific knowledge.

In the Russian Federation the school education is compulsary. Pupils begin to go to school at the age of six. When they complete high grades they can either continue to study at school for more 2 years, or go to a professional school where they study not only main subjects, but are able to learn some profession.

When school pupils leave school they can try to continue their educaton in institutes or universities.

There are many school types of schools in Russia: specialized, politecnical, musical art and others. Nowdays appeared some new types of schools: gimnasiums and colledges.

The educational system of G. B. is extreamely

complex and bewildering.

It is very difficult to generalise about particular types of schools as schools

Differ from one to the other. The departament of education and science is

Responsible for national educational policy, but it doesn’t employe teacher or prescribe corricular or text books.

Each school has it’s own board of governers consisting of teachers, parents, local politicians, members of local community, businessmen and sometimes pupils. According to the law only one subject is compulsary. Such as religious instruction.

Schooling for children is compulsary from 5 to 16, though some provision is made for children under 5 and some pupils remain at school after 16 to prepare for higher education.

The state school system is usually devided into 2 stages (secondary and primary).The majority of primary schools are mixed. They are subdevided into infant schools(ages 5 to 7),and junior schools(ages 7 to11). In junior schools pupils were often placed in A, B, C or D-streams, according to their abilities. Under the pressue of progressive parents and teachers the 11+

examination has now been abolished in most parts of the country.

There are some types of schools in G. B. Grammar schools provided an academical cause for selected pupils from the age of 11 to 18. Only those children who have the best results are admitted to these schools. They give pupils a high level of academic education wich can lead to the university.

Technical Schools offer a general education with a technical bias and serve those pupils who are more mecanically minded. The corricular includes more science and mathematics. Secondary modern schools were formed to provide a non-academic education for children of lesser attainment.

The corricular includes more practical subjects. The comprehensive schools brings about a general improvement in the system of secondary education.


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The educational system of Great Britain and Russia