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TEXT A SCHOOLING IN BRITAIN

Compulsory in Britain lasts 11 years, from the age of 5 to 16, Some general education subjects like Physical Education (PE), Home Economics for girls, and Technical subjects for boys, General Science, Computers play an important part in education.

After the age of 16 a growing number of school students are staying on at school, some until 18 or 19, the age of entry into higher education in universities, Polytechnics or colleges. Schools in Britain provide careers guidance. A specially trained person called careers advisor, or careers officer (counselor), helps school students to decide what job they want to do and how they can achieve it. British university courses are rather short, generally lasting for 3 years, The cost of education/training depends on the college or university and speciality which one chooses.

But some pupils want to stay on at school after taking their GCSE (The General Certificate of Secondary Education), to prepare for a vocational course ar for work, Then they have to take the CPV examination which means the Certificate of Pre-Vocational Education.

One can hardly say that high-quality secondary education is provided for all in Britain. If you are a working-class child at school today, the chance of your reaching the second year of a sixth-form course is probably less than that for the child of a professional parent. Besides, government cuts on school spending caused many difficulties.

Many children in Britain earn pocket money. But it is against the law for children in Britain to work more than two hours on 4 schoolday, Jobs such as delivering daily newspapers or working in shops and supermaskets on Saturdays (when they can work longer hours) are popular with children, Some $0,000 overseas students study at British universities or
further education colleges or train in nursing, law, banking or in industry.

Exercise 1. Choose the words from the list below. Discuss the text. Eork in pairs.

Life at College and University

L. There are about ... hundred universities in Britain. 2, The academic year in Britain's universities, Colleges of Education, Polytechnics is divided into ... terms. 3. English universities greatly differ from ...‘other, 4. They .., in size, history, tradition, general organization, methodsof instruction, way of student life. 5. After three ... of study university
graduates leave with the Degree of Bachelor of Arts, Science, Engineering, Medicine, etc. 6. Later you may continue to take a Master's Degree and then a Deetor’s .... 7, Research is an .,. feature of university work.
8. During late sixties the Government set up ... Polytechtiics. 9. The Polytechnics offer first and _. degrees. Some of them ... full-time and sandwich courses. 10, Colleges of Education provide two-year ... in teacher education. 11. Some of those who decide to leave ... at the age of 16 may go to a further ... college where they can follow a course in typing,
engineering, town planning, cooking or hairdressing, ... or part-time, 12. Further education colleges have strong ties with commerce and ... 13. There is an interesting form of ... which is called the Open University, People study in their own free ... and “attend” lectures by watching TV and listening to the radio. 14. They keep in touch by phone and letter
with their tutors and attend ... schools, 15. The Open ... students have no formal qualifications and would be unable to enter ordinary universities.