1. The Education System in UK
----Advantages and Disadvantages

2. What is the advantages of the education system in UK?
UK with a population under 60,000,000 has produced more than 90 winners of Nobel Prize .
The literacy rate in UK is over 99%
The developed education system and long-history education tradition have attract many students from abroad.

3. The education system in UK is:
Focus: The education system in UK aims at developing the students’ potential ,then training them to contribute to the society.
The education system in UK is:
Strict
Practical
Flexible

4. Strict:
the British are so conservative ,meticulous,and precise that they are strict to both schools and students

5. To schools: To students: A high standard to classify schools
Publish the result of the check of every school
Do a ranking list of schools periodically
To students:
“Cruel” exams prevent many students from receiving their degrees
The strictness ensures the quality of the education in UK

6. Practical *Concerning students’ practical skills
*Academic route or Vocational route:
This division provide students variety of choices
It fulfils the need of different section of society.
*Concerning students’ practical skills
All sources can be used in teaching
Many teachers with large knowledge and working experience
(Managers, CEO etc.)

7. Flexible
Flexible refers to the powerful and frequent reforms and improvement of British education system.
The first education act was born in 1870.
Since 1980s, many new policies have solved some particular problems effectively. e.g.
Policies was implemented to strengthen the schools’ power and bring in the competition .
In the early 90s,Grant-maintain school was established.

8. Something needs to be improved:
Class distance between public schools and common people
The gap between public and state schools
Best quality ,lower quantity .

9. Class distance between public schools and common people
Theoretically open to the public
Offer some scholarship
Government s’ support
Only a few people can attend these famous school.

10. Graduate from Eton College and enter Oxford or Cambridge is only the dream for the upper class.
It’s the difference between Elitism and Equality.

11. The gap between public and state schools
In 2002,
99%students in public schools pass the exam for entering universities.
Only 50% students can achieve it in some good state schools.
All Souls College, Oxford University
England’s oldest institution of higher learning, Oxford University, is a federation of 35 colleges, each with its own structure and activities. Many prominent people have attended the All Souls College, shown here.

12. Best quality ,Lower quantity
Compared with the US,fewer people go on with higher education in UK
The out standing students become elite in the world while the worse ones can only do some labor job in their country.

13. The best you can be!