A student may study many interesting subjects at college, in short or long courses, but if he wants to get a degree, he has to study for two years:
A university in the United States usually has several different colleges in it:
Comprehensive schools admit children of all abilities and provide a wide range of secondary education for all or most of the children in a district:
Education in Britain mirrors the country's social system: it is class-divided and non-selective:
For all British citizens a place at a university brings with it a grant from their local education authority:
Good B-level results in at least two subjects are necessary to get a place at a university:
If a college student completes a course of study in arts or science, he or she gets Master of Arts or Science degree:
In addition to colleges and universities there is in the US a large number of professional schools, separate from Universities:
In the United States, a student who has finished high school may want to continue in higher education:
In the US at the age of fourteen children leave junior high school and may continue their education at the upper grades of high school:
Only very rich families can send their children to public schools:
Schools in the USA can be divided into state, or public schools, and private schools:
Schools place great value on the PTA as a further means of listening to parents and developing the partnership between home and school:
The English school syllabus is divided into Arts (or Humanities) and Maths, which determine the division of the secondary school pupils into study groups:
The federal government pays little attention to school education in the USA:
The highest academic degree is the Doctor of Phylosophy:
The majority of schools in Britain are supported by public funds and the education provided is free:
The National Curriculum sets out in detail the subjects that children should study and the levels of achievement they should reach by the ages of 7 and 16, when they are tested:
The National Education Act of 1944 provided three stages of education: primary, secondary and further education:
The PTA forms both a social focus for parents and much valued additional resources for the school:
The University in the US is an educational institution comprising a college of arts and science: