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Perth High School, opened in 1950. The Education (Scotland) Act 1918 introduced the principle of universal free secondary education, although, due to financial crisis and resistance from the SED, it took almost two decades to implement. Most of the advanced divisions of the primary schools became junior secondaries, where students received a ...
These would be subsumed into local government in 1929. Unlike the Education Act 1944 in England and Wales, the Education (Scotland) Act 1945 (8 & 9 Geo. 6. c. 37) was a consolidation measure. Secondary education was the major area of growth, particularly for girls. Selection was ended by the Labour government in 1965.
The history of education in Scotland in its modern sense of organised and institutional learning, began in the Middle Ages, when Church choir schools and grammar schools began educating boys. By the end of the 15th century schools were also being organised for girls and universities were founded at St Andrews , Glasgow and Aberdeen .
Edinburgh Association for the University Education of Women; Edinburgh College of Medicine for Women; Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004; Education (Scotland) Act 1872; Education Act 1496; Education Act 1633; Education Act 1646; Education Act 1696; Education in early modern Scotland; Education in Medieval Scotland
Pages in category "Education in Scotland" The following 61 pages are in this category, out of 61 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The list contains the areas of local authorities as created by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1929, as amended by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947. These areas were abolished in 1975 by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 when a system of regions and districts replaced them. The district in which the abolished area was ...
"Education and nationalism: The discourse of education policy in Scotland." Discourse: Studies in the cultural politics of education 31.3 (2010): 335–350. Clark, Margaret, and Pamela Munn. Education in Scotland (Taylor & Francis, 1998) online. Munn, Pamela, et al. "Schools for the 21st century: the national debate on education in Scotland."
1950 in Scotland. 1 language. ... 1950s; 1960s; 1970s; See also: List of years in Scotland Timeline of Scottish history 1950 in: The UK • Wales • Elsewhere