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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 .
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 ...
The Scotland Street School, designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh and built 1903–06. Education in Scotland in the twentieth century includes all forms of organised education in Scotland, such as elementary, secondary and higher education. The centre of the education system became more focused on Scotland throughout the century, with the ...
Until the advent of comprehensive education in the late 1960s and early 1970s, there were mainly two types of high school in Scotland: junior secondaries where students left school at 16 and began preparation for one of the trades or entered the workforce, and academies where students remained until the end of fifth or sixth year and took ...
History of education in Scotland (6 C, 27 P) L. Scottish education-related lists (4 C, 8 P) ... Black & White Publishing; C. Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills;
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
1950s; 1960s; 1970s; 1980s; 1990s; See also: List of years in Scotland Timeline of Scottish history 1970 in: The UK • Wales • Elsewhere Scottish football: 1969–70 • 1970–71 1970 in Scottish television
1950s; 1960s; 1970s; See also: List of years in Scotland Timeline of Scottish history 1950 in: The UK • Wales • Elsewhere Scottish football: 1949–50 • 1950–51: