Sunday, 3 April 2011

Education in the UK and Saudi Arabia

Education system is slightly different between Saudi Arabia and the UK. In Saudi Arabia, there are three main Education stage and two optional. Children start at the age 3 to 5 at Pre-Primary school this is an optional stage. At the age of 6 children start the Primary school for 6 years. After that, they moved to Intermediate school at the age 12 for 3 years. at the age of 15 teenagers go to the secondary school for 3 years which is the last main stage. They can leave the school to work but it will not be a good carrier. After that there is a higher education which is containing a Universities and colleges. They study for 4 years their.










On the other hand, the education in The UK provided by two kinds of school: state funded school and independent school (fee charging). The UK has two distinct systems of courses and qualifications: one for England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and one for Scotland, each compatible with the other. The education in The UK has three main stages each stage contains 2 to 3 sub stages. The first stage is primary education. Children enter at the age of 5 and leave at the age of 11. The sub stages are the Pre-school or pre-preparatory education. This stage is available in both systems. Children entered ah the age of 3 or 4. Preparatory education is in the independent system. It is available for children ages 5 to 13. Primary education is in state education. They go to the primary school at the age of 5 and move to secondary school at the age of 11. The secondary education has two sub stages which are the secondary education (including GCSEs and equivalents) in both systems, children entered at the age of 11 and leave at the age of 16. Also, the post sixteen education (including A-levels and equivalents). After this stage the teenagers can leave school to work. The last stage is the Tertiary education includes the post-eighteen education and the Further education (FE) including career based courses and come degree courses and the Higher education (HE) including degree courses, postgraduate programmes and MBAs.








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