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The British Education System. State Education in Britain

All state schools in Britain are free, and schools provide their pupils with books and equipment for their studies.
Nine million children attend 35.000 schools in Britain. Education is compulsory from 5 till 16 years. Parents can choose to send their children to a nursery school or a pre-school playgroup to prepare them for the start of compulsory education.
Children start primary school at 5 and continue until they are 11. Most children are taught together, boys and girls in the same class. At 11 most pupils go to secondary schools called comprehensives which accept a wide range of children from all backgrounds and religious and ethnic groups. Ninety per cent of secondary schools in England, Scotland and Wales are co-educational.
At 16 pupils take a national exam called «G. C. S. E.» (General Certificate of Secondary Education) and then they can leave school if they wish. This is the end of compulsory education.
Some 16-year-olds continue their studies

in the sixth form at school or at a sixth form college. The sixth form prepares pupils for a national exam called «A» level (advanced level) at IS. Yon-need «A» level to enter a university.
Other 16-year-olds choose to go to a college of further education to study for more practical (vocational) diplomas relating to the world of work, such as hairdressing, typing or mechanics.
Universities and colleges of higher education accept students with «A» levels from 18. Students study for a degree which takes on average three years of full-time study.
Most students graduate at 21 or 22 and are given their degree at a special graduation ceremony.

Система образования в Великобритании. Государственное
Образование

Во всех государственных школах Британии обучение бесплатное. Школы обеспечивают учащихся книгами и оборудованием для обучения.
Девять миллионов детей посещают

35 тыс. школ в Британии. Образование обязательно с пяти до шестнадцати лет. Родители могут отправить детей в ясли или в подготовительную группу, чтобы подготовить их к получению обязательного образования.
Дети начинают ходить в школу в пять лет и учатся там до одиннадцати лет. Большинство детей учатся вместе, мальчики и девочки, в одном классе. В 11 лет многие ученики идут в среднюю школу, называемую общеобразовательной, которую посещают дети различных социальных слоев, религиозных и этнических групп. В 90 % средних школ Англии, Шотландии и Уэльса обучение совместное.
В 16 лет ученики сдают экзамен для получения аттестата о среднем образовании. И после этого они могут уйти из школы, если захотят. На этом обязательное образование заканчивается.
Некоторые шестнадцатилетние продолжают обучение в шестом классе школы или в шестилетнем колледже. В шестом классе учеников готовят к государственному экзамену, называемому «А-уровень» — «продвинутый уровень». Этот экзамен сдается в 18 лет, он необходим для поступления в университет.
Другие шестнадцатилетние учащиеся идут в колледж для продолжения образования и получения дипломов о профобразовании, дающих возможность работать, например, парикмахерами, машинистами, механиками.
Университеты и колледжи высшего образования принимают студентов с 18 лет, сдавших экзамен продвинутого уровня. Студенты учатся для получения ученой степени. Учеба длится в среднем три года на стационаре.
Большинство студентов заканчивают университеты в 21 или 22 года. Им присуждаются степени на торжественной церемонии выпускников.

Questions:

L. What do state schools in Britain provide their pupils with?
2. What can parents choose?
3. When do children start primary school?
4. When do pupils take a national exam called GCSE?
5. What prepares pupils for a national exam called «A» level?
6. How long do students study for a degree?
7. Whom do universities and colleges of higher education accept?

Vocabulary:

Compulsory — обязательный
primary — начальный
comprehensive — общеобразовательный
co-educational schoojs — школы совместного обучения мальчиков и девочек
to graduate — заканчивать
to accept — принимать

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