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"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."
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 .
The emphasis on a set number of passes at exams also led to much learning by rote and the system of inspection led to even the weakest children being drilled with certain facts. The Education (Scotland) Act 1918 introduced the principle of universal free secondary education. Most of the advanced divisions of the primary schools became junior ...
The 2022 Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa) showed Scotland’s reading level was above OECD average. Scotland’s education study figures decline amid ‘profound’ Covid-19 ...
Note: Some ages vary because of the child's birth year. In Scotland, students transfer from primary to secondary education at 11 or 12 years old.Pupils usually attend the same secondary school as their peers, as all secondaries have 'intake primaries'.
Education Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Foghlam Alba) is an executive agency of the Scottish Government, tasked with improving the quality of the country's education system. Education Scotland is responsible for inspecting Scotland's state–funded primary and secondary schools, as well as nursery schools which form part of a primary school.
Scottish Community Education Council; Scottish Council for Research in Education; Scottish Council of Independent Schools; The Scottish Friendly Children's Book Tour; Scottish Funding Council; Scottish Gaelic-medium education; Scottish Public Pensions Agency; Scottish Qualifications Authority; Scottish Science and Technology Roadshow; Social ...
The Education (Scotland) Act 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 62) made elementary education for all children between the ages of 5 and 13 mandatory in Scotland. [2]The Act achieved a more thorough transfer of existing schools to a public system than the Elementary Education Act 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 75) in England.