Особенности образования в разных странах

United

Kingdom

→ UK institutions provide perfect English language help and support for the international students;

→ UK education gives a great opportunity to express oneself in the subject of the greatest interest;

→ The flexible approach of education system in UK allows every person to choose

a particular sphere to study;

→ The most common undergraduate qualification in Britain is based on a degree system;

→ Courses in Great Britain are shorter than in some other countries;

→ British students can work for twenty hours per week during their study and full-time during their vacations;

→ Postgraduate students, as well as undergraduate ones, can participate in a number of scholarships that are available for everyone.

→ Every student is free to choose from four countries: England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland. All of them are culturally and geographically

diverse.

→ International student has

a lot of opportunities and

benefits that make their life

in UK simple and affordable.

Interesting and

Funny Facts

About Education

Across the Globe

Netherlands.

In this country, children go to school as soon as they are four years old, so there is always somebody new in the class.

In Iran boys and girls study separately until they enter a university.

England.

This is the country where the world’s oldest school is built.

It was established in 1567,

but it still works.

Summer vacations in Chile start from mid-December and end in early March.

South and West Asia.

While almost 100% of the European and Latin American population are literate, 51% of the population of the South and West Asia regions are illiterate.

The students in China receive

the most homework in the world.

Pakistan does not give children a legal right to free education.

Ethiopia.

This country has succeeded in changing the tough situation in education for the better.

India.

→ In Indian schools, girls learn how to defend themselves.

→ The City Montessori School in Lucknow, India, is the largest school in the world in terms of number of students.

France.

→ Schools in France provide free lunch for their students.

→ France has the shortest school year from August to June and also the longest school day.

Children in Germany

receive a special cone called Schultüte, which is filled with pens, pencils, books and snacks.

The most literate city

in the United States

is Minneapolis, with Washington D.C. and Seattle rounding out the top 3.

Kids in Japan are the most independent of the lot.

Turin has the smallest school in the world with only one pupil.

Kids in Finland do not start school until the age of 7 .

In European universities there are many interesting and strange traditions which nevertheless are often strictly observed by graduates and students throughout the centuries.

In Kenya , it is not mandatory for children to go to school, but they mostly go anyway.

World's highest school is situated in Phumachangtang, Tibet , at a height of 5,373 metres above sea level.