3. Stages of education

1. educational level | stage of education [uncountable] этап образования / обучения / подготовки: The committee called for greater emphasis on language at all educational levels.

2. pre-school / preschool education the teaching of children before they are old enough to go to school дошкольное образование

3. primary education (esp. BrE) | elementary education (AmE) the teaching of children between the ages of about five and eleven начальное образование: Britain did not introduce compulsory primary education until 1880. | Children transfer from primary to secondary education at 11.

4. secondary education the teaching of children between the ages of 11 and 16 or 18 среднее образование: The proposed reforms include making secondary education compulsory up to the age of 18.

5. further education education below the level of a university degree for people who are older than school age средне-специальное образование: She teaches at a college / institution of further education / at a further education college.

6. higher / tertiary (formal) education education at a university or at a college of a similar level высшее образование: Many students are not adequately prepared for higher education. | Higher education is unequally distributed across social classes. | The electors had great interest in expanded access to higher education. | Few of our parents had reached any form of tertiary education.

7. Further education | higher education collocations

to be in / pursue further / higher education учиться в средне-специальном / высшем учебном заведении: She is now in further education. | These students should be prepared to pursue further education and training beyond high school.

to go into further / higher education поступать в средне-специальное / высшее учебное заведение: He intends to go into full-time higher education.

to go on to / proceed to further / higher education продолжать обучение в средне-специальном / высшем учебном заведении: Out of seventy children in the village school only sixteen could go on to / proceed to further education.

8. vocational training / education профессиональное / профессионально-техническое образование / обучение: After that students go off to vocational and on-the-job training. | History has much to contribute to vocational education in both its narrower and broader definitions.

9. continuing / adult education lessons for adults, often held in the evening, that give them the opportunity to study a wide variety of subjects, most of which are practical, not academic непрерывное образование: a continuing education scheme / programme | The law is continually changing, and solicitors are required to undertake continuing education as long as they practise. | Adult education is run in cooperation with the extra-mural departments of the universities.

4. Types of educational institutions

1. institution [countable] a large organization that has a particular kind of work or purpose учреждение, заведение

educational institution образовательное учреждение

institution of higher education / learning высшее учебное заведение: Should a pupil obtain the required examination results at A level, he or she may go on to / proceed to an institution of higher education, such as a university or college.

4.1. Pre-school education

1. kindergarten [uncountable; countable] (1) (AmE) a school or class for children aged five or six подготовительное отделение школы, подготовительный класс: Katie was one of the few children who could read when she started kindergarten. | This year he moves on from nursery school to kindergarten.

(2) (BrE) a school for children aged two to five детский сад, (детское) дошкольное учреждение: She's in kindergarten now. | She was a teacher at the kindergarten.