2 . The short characteristic of the modern education system in great britain

According to the administrative district and developed to traditions the education system of Great Britain is subdivided into three subsystems: 1) England and Wales, 2) Northern Ireland, 3) Scotland. Education systems of England, Wales and Northern Ireland on structure differ a little, in an education system of Shotlankdiya there are traditional features.

The modern education system of Great Britain includes in itself:

• preschool education;

• primary education;

• general secondary education;

• system of further education;

• the higher education.

In Great Britain about 50% of three-four-year-old children are brought up in kindergartens or Malyshevs the centers. Besides, many children visit the game groups of dokshkolny preparation established by voluntary orgaknization and parents.

From compulsory education of 5 years and children arrive at school for children begins. From 7 years they pass to younger school, and from 11 years — from initial to average. The system of secondary education of the country includes objediknenny, grammatical, technical, modern, spetsikalny and private schools from which are especially distinguished elite "pablik skulz".

The most mass type of schools are united (in them about 90% of pupils of high schools of England and Wales are trained). The joint schools were organized for the purpose of creation of equal opportunities for education, but actually at many joint schools streams or the offices based on selektivkny selection of pupils remained.

The majority of other children are trained at the grammatical schools, differing by considerable degree of a diffekrentsiation and giving the general senior secondary education.

Their main objective is preparation of pupils to an obuchekniya in higher educational institutions.

Level of "the first professional education", similar to the Russian scheme, in Great Britain not выде¬ляется as workers prepare by an apprenticeship and directly on production.

(In our understanding "secondary professional education") belongs to system of further education a bolkshy variety of colleges, the institutes, the special educational institutions which are carrying out preparation at razlichkny levels — from professional to vyskshy.

To system of the higher education in Great Britain отно¬сятся traditionally academic universities and the professikonalno-focused polytechnical colleges.

3 . System of compulsory education

In the country the system of the free general education for all children, неза¬висимо from a social status, a natsikonalny origin works. There are schools municipal and private. Training in the first the free. Private educational zavekdeniye paid.

The system of compulsory education covers children and teenagers from 5 to 16 years. Duration of academic year — 38 weeks. Year is divided into trimesters which alternate vacation: summer (6 weeks), Christmas and easter (2-3 weeks). In the middle of trimesters the week break is provided. Educational week usually 5-day. School day lasts with 9.00 to 15 h. 30 min. with a lunch break and a morning prayer. The miknimalny number of class periods a week is provided; schools have the right to increase academic week load at discretion.

According to the Act of an education reform (1988) period of compulsory education is subdivided into four "key stakdiya": from 5 to 7 years, from 7 to 11 years, from 11 to 14 years, from 14 to 16 years.