90% of schools in Britain are now _____________________.
A lecture who produces good research papers can be promoted to the degree of _________________.
A ____________ councilor gives students advice on what courses to choose.
A ______________ is a teacher who is a head of the year group.
A ___________________ is a school providing pupils accommodation during the term time.
Admission procedure includes the following steps
After 1965, local education authorities started to _______________ to comprehensive education.
After GCSE, you can either leave school, or ___________ into the sixth form.
After two years of following the basic programme students choose a _______________ subject in which they specialize in the next two years.
American children go to an elementary school at the age of
American children pass on to high schools at the age of
American private universities are financed by well-off _______________________.
An academic chief of a university is called a _________________.
Any person __________ wants to become a public library member can do it for free, without paying any fees.
Because of high tuition fees 70% of students at Harvard receive financial ___________________ in the form of loans or grants.
British students go to university a long way from home because
British students pay for their food, rent, books and transport _____________________.
British teachers are worried by the low level of ___________________ in mathematics among school leavers.
British teachers organize ________________ to local industry which are linked to project work for different subjects.
Children bring their own packed lunch because the school food is ________________.
Compulsory courses in American schools are chosen
Compulsory secondary education means that all children up to a certain age must ________________ schools.
During breaks, pupils can buy crisps, sweets and drinks from an school ______________.
During the first week, freshers walk round the _____________ with a worried look on their faces.
During the ___________________ lessons, visitors from different fields of business and industry talk about their jobs.
Each American university ____________ its own admission standards.
Each university course has a quota of new students which cannot be _____________.
Earlier, to go to a grammar school, a pupil had to ________________ the ‘Eleven Plus’ examination.
Education in Britain is not free: students have to pay a __________________.
Education in Britain is _______________ from the age of 5 to 16.
English, Maths and Science are ___________ subjects in the National Curriculum.
Eton maintains two waiting lists: ______________________.
First schools in England were financed ______________.
For ______________ to university, you need an application form, where you enter the courses for which you are applying.
GCSE __________ pupils on the work they do in the 4th and 5th forms of secondary school.
Grammar school pupils were expected ___________________.
Harvard university’s library __________________ to 100,000 periodicals.
If a pupil doesn’t wear the right colours, the school may give him or her a _______________.
In a ______________ library, you can find encyclopedias, atlases and dictionaries that cannot be taken away.
In a _________________, children are prepared for the start of compulsory education.
In Britain, schoolgirls have to wear an uniform and ____________ shoes - no high heels!
In British public libraries, __________ books can be borrowed at a time.
In Further Education colleges, pupils study for _______________ diplomas.
In modern British teaching system, there is more ________________ on comprehension that on acquisition of knowledge.
In most schools pupils spend the breaktime and the lunch hour in the school ____________.
In some areas of Britain, schools still _______________ children at the age of 11.
In the last year of study the students take their ____________- examinations, after which they are awarded their degree.
Independent private schools are not free, they are _______________.
It costs _____________ to become a public library member in Britain.
Ivy League colleges is the name given to a group of highly ________________ universities in New England.
Lecturers are ________________ on the basis of their first-degree examinations and post-graduate work.
Lessons in elementary school ___________ half an hour or thirty minutes.
Many American universities add vocational courses to traditional academic disciplines because _____________.
Many grammar schools didn’t join the comprehensive experiment and _________.
Many people _______________ books from public libraries.
Many public libraries experience the shortage of librarians, so the ______________ for librarians is very high.
Many public libraries have a ______________ room where people can work or read periodicals.
Many pupils go to further education colleges after school _____________________.
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Most of grammar schools were ______________: they were either for boys or for girls.
Most of secondary schools in England are ___________________ - that is, they accept children from various ethnic and religious backgrounds.
Most public libraries have a reference library ___________ you can work with reference books.
Now, formal teaching and factual learning are considered ______________ methods.
One of the most serious problems of British education system is ________________.
Open University students don’t attend lectures, they _____________________.
Oxford
Oxford students are taught by
Parents are often sad that their children go to universities far away from home, but they usually ________________ of the move.
Public libraries in Britain are administered by
Pupils in comprehensive school are often put into _________ for mathematics or language.
Secondary schools accept children from different home ______________- ethnic, religious, areal.
Since 1865, higher education in America has been _______________ to all, that is, everybody has access to higher education.
Some of the colleges in Oxford and Cambridge are very wealthy because
Some pupils retake GCSE to get better ___________.
Students are given their degree at a special ________________ ceremony.
Students don’t usually have a job during term-time because
Students of FE colleges are often given a _______________ to attend courses.
Students often _____________ a house with two or three other students.
Subjects and teachers are divided into _______________. They are responsible for teaching a range of subjects.
Subjects which some students choose to study while others may not are called ____________________.
Teachers in the USA
Teachers need to attend special courses to help them work well with badly _______________ pupils.
Tertiary Colleges are _____________________.
The aim of the REACH programme was _____________________.
The books from a public library can be kept for _______________.
The British pupils educated in private sector ________________.
The Capitular Library of St.Paul’s cathedral was refunded after the Great Fire by ________________.
The difference between a college and a university is that ___________.
The first library school outside the US and Canada was founded
The first school for training librarians was established
The flight from the teaching profession in Britain was due to __________________.
The general principle of the American school system is that
The independent schools are a controversial matter because ________________.
The largest British libraries have a total stock of about 115 million ____________.
The largest public general library in London is
The members of public libraries are served by ______________ staff.
The REACH program sets learning ________________ for each term.
The school helps pupils to organize suitable placements with the local businesses for the pupils’ work _________________.
The system of ‘comprehensives’ caused much __________________: not all local authorities agreed to replace grammar and secondary schools with comprehensives.
The Training Credit Scheme was introduced _____________________.
The training of teachers is a serious problem in America because
The university __________________ consists of professors, students’ and lecturers’ representatives and local notables.
The ‘National Curriculum’ placed greater emphasis on _____________________.
There are normally three school ____________ in Britain.
There are two main types of American universities: ___________.
There is no federal department of education in America because
Those who failed the ‘Eleven Plus’ went to ___________________ schools.
Through the Training Credit Scheme, young people can get ______________ work experience.
To be admitted to a university, a student needs
To get into college, an American student needs several _____________ which are given for the completion of each course.
To get to university, American students need
To receive a doctoral degree, you have to complete a PhD _____________.
Undergraduates go to lectures, but most of the work is done in ________________- lessons in group of ten or more students.
Universities describe their courses in ________________ for those wanting to enter the university.
University of the Third Age is for _____________________.
When a pupil commits a serious _______________, he or she is sent to the headmaster.
You need two or three A-levels to _______________ a university.
Young people who have jobs and want to follow further education courses _____________________.
_______________ activities (such as playing in a school base-ball team or a school theater) are very important in America.
_______________ subjects include History, Geography, Art, Music and one modern language.
__________________ activities of public libraries include play readings, lectures, film shows and cooperation in adult education.
‘A fresher’s fair’ is
‘Oxbridge’ is _____________________.
’11 plus’ was extensively criticized because ________________.