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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 Education (Scotland) Act 1872 and the abolition of school fees in 1890 meant there was a state-funded, national system of compulsory free basic education with common examinations. The Education (Scotland) Act 1918 introduced the principle of universal free secondary education, brought the Roman Catholic schools into the state system, and ...
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 ...
Education in Scotland is the responsibility of the Scottish Government and is overseen by its executive agency Education Scotland. [198] The Curriculum for Excellence, Scotland's national school curriculum, presently provides the curricular framework for children and young people from age 3 to 18. [199] All 3- and 4-year-old children in ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...