Appendix 3

Table 1.

Education in Great Britain

Postgraduate Education	age 22-	University (Master’s Degrees, Doctorate)
Higher Education	age 19-21	Universities, colleges, schools (First degrees: BA, BSc) Third / final year second year first year (fresher)
Further Education	age 17-18	Colleges of Further Education (Higher National Certificate, Higher National Diploma)
Secondary School optional		Sixth Form College (A-level) – Key Stage 5
Secondary School compulsory	age 12-16	Years 10-11 – Key Stage 4 Years 7-9 – Key Stage 3
Primary School compulsory	age 7-11 age 5-6	Junior School (Years 3-6) – Key Stage 2 Infant School (Year 1 and 2) – Key Stage 1
Nursery School or Kindergarten optional	age 2-4

Table 2.

A classical way of getting a degree

“A”- levels → Bachelor course (1st year) → Bachelor course (2nd year) → Bachelor course (3rd year)

An alternative way of getting a degree

“O”- levels → (HNC) Higher National Certificate (1st year) → (HND) Higher National Diploma (2nd year) → Bachelor course (3rd year)

Table 3.

Education in the usa

Graduate School	age 22-
University	age 18-21	senior junior sophomore freshman
High School compulsory	age 14-17	twelfth grade (senior) eleventh grade (junior) tenth grade (sophomore) ninth grade (freshman)
Junior High School compulsory	age 12-13	eighth grade seventh grade
Elementary School compulsory	age 6-11	sixth grade fifth grade fourth grade third grade second grade first grade
Kindergarten	age 5
Nursery School optional	age 3-4

Table 4.

Education in the Russian Federation

Universities, Academies, Institutes (Higher Education)	Level 3. Postgraduate higher education (Kandidat Nauk, Doktor Nauk) Level 2. MA / MSc course Level 1. Basic higher education (BA, BSc)
Senior Classes (Secondary School) optional	eleventh grade (C of SGE) tenth grade
Middle Classes (Secondary School) compulsory	ninth grade (C of BGE) eighth grade seventh grade sixth grade fifth grade
Elementary Classes (Secondary School) compulsory	fourth grade third grade second grade first grade
Kindergarten optional	(age 2 (3) to 7)

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