Education in Great Britain. Бояринцева Е.И - 7 стр.

     2. Complete the sentences using information from the text. You              15. Higher      education,      consisting     of    __________
may need to change the form of the words where necessary                   courses__________ at universities and on _________ at polytechnics
                                                                           and other establishments of higher and further education.
        1. As a result of education _____________ since 1988, various
                                                                                 16. After three years of study, a student may _______ to a Bache-
forms of school curriculum and ____________ of pupils’ progress            lor's degree and later to the degree of Master which is __________
have been ___________.                                                     based on at least one year's full-time work and that of Doctor of Phi-
        2. The government declares that its ____________ is education      losophy which _________ for a thesis which must be _____________.
including ________ standards in schools and ___________ of the
teaching profession.                                                             3. Answer the following questions
        3. Primary and secondary education are __________ while fur-
ther education is ________.                                                       1. Is there a unified system of education in the United Kingdom?
        4. About 7 % attend __________ independent schools, the rest              2. What are recent reforms focused on?
receive ________ financed from public funds.                                      3. What is the Government policy aimed at?
        5. In England and Wales they have _____________ schools, i.e.             4. What stages does the system of public education in England
non-selective comprehensive schools which cater for children of all        and Wales include?
abilities.                                                                        5. Which of them are compulsory and which are voluntary?
        6. Of late in Northern Ireland they _________ a small number of           6. What age groups does compulsory schooling embrace?
_________ at primary and secondary levels.                                        7. Do the majority of British students receive free or fee-paying
        7. Being formerly outside ______, the foundation category in-      education?
cludes ________ schools, while the voluntary category will include                8. In which parts of the country is education more selective?
schools with a ___________.                                                       9. What new categories of schools are being set up in Great Britain?
        8. In state schools parents have the right to be given_________          10. Define further education. Which education is included into
                                                                           further education and which is not?
as well as to be represented___________, which __________.
                                                                                 11. What do you think about the rights that British parents (whose
        9. Pupils studying __________ is ensured by broadly based na-
                                                                           children study at state schools) have?
tional curricula which in England and Wales consists of ___________.
                                                                                 12. What role does the National Curriculum play?
      10. In state schools parents have the right __________ their chil-
                                                                                 13. Why does the government support Education–Business part-
dren from religious and sex education classes.
                                                                           nerships?
      11. The government assumes that young people must ________                 14. What can pupils in England and Wales take up in their last
skills through _______ links which will help pupils to see _________.      two years of compulsory schooling?
      12. In England and Wales pupils can __________ at any time in              15. Give a definition to vocational education.
their last two years __________.                                                 16. What sub-divisions does vocational education fall into?
      13. To be prepared for ___________ higher education or profes-             17. What kind of education is most popular among students be-
sional training students __________ (i.e. study for examinations which     tween 15 and 18 years old?
lead to higher education) or ________.                                           18. Where can one get higher education in the UK?
      14. About 2.5 million students __________ in further education,            19. What parts of the country are the best known British universi-
which is mainly _________, and consists of _________ and                   ties located?
_________ education.                                                             20. What faculties (departments) does a typical British university
                                                                           consist of?

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