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== Country in a nutshell ==
== Country in a nutshell ==
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== Education in Country ==
== Education in Country ==


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<From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Education in Scotland Scottish Government logo.png
Scottish Government
Cabinet Secretary Mike Russell MSP
National education budget (2007-08)
Budget £2,5 bn[1]
Per Student £3,855 (2004-2005)[2]‡
General Details
Primary Languages English, Scots and Scottish Gaelic
System Type National
Compulsory education 1872
Literacy (2005 est)
Total 99%
Male 99%
Female 99%
Enrollment (2005[3])
Total 1,452,240
Primary 390,260
Secondary 322,980
Post Secondary 739,000#
‡: Expenditure on Pre-school, Primary and Secondary education only.
#: 2004, All further and higher education institutions includes overseas students.
Scotland has a long history of universal provision of public education, and the Scottish education system is distinctly different from other parts of the United Kingdom. The Scotland Act 1998 gives Scottish Parliament legislative control over all education matters, and the Education (Scotland) Act 1980 is the principal legislation governing education in Scotland.
Traditionally, the Scottish system at secondary school level has emphasized breadth across a range of subjects, while the English, Welsh and Northern Irish systems have emphasised greater depth of education over a smaller range of subjects.
Following this, Scottish universities generally have courses a year longer (typically 4 years) than their counterparts elsewhere in the UK, though it is often possible for students to take more advanced specialised exams and join the courses at the second year. One unique aspect is that the ancient universities of Scotland issue a Master of Arts as the first degree in humanities.
The majority of schools are non-denominational, but as a result of the Education Act 1918, separate denominational state schools were also established. The vast majority of denominational state schools are Roman Catholic but there are also a number of Scottish Episcopal schools. Catholic schools are fully funded by the Scottish Government and administered by the Education and Lifelong Learning Directorate. There are specific legal provisions to ensure the promotion of a Catholic ethos in such schools: applicants for positions in the areas of Religious Education, Guidance or Senior Management must be approved by the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland, which also appoints a chaplain to each of its schools. There is also one Jewish state primary school.
Qualifications at the secondary school and post-secondary (further education) level are provided by the Scottish Qualifications Authority, which is the national awarding and accrediting body in Scotland, and delivered through various schools, colleges and other centres. Political responsibility for education at all levels is vested in the Scottish Parliament and the Scottish Education and Enterprise, Transport and Lifelong Learning Departments.
State schools are owned and operated by the local authorities which act as Education Authorities, and the compulsory phase is divided into primary school and secondary school (often called high school). Schools are supported in delivering the National Guidelines and National Priorities by Learning and Teaching Scotland.
Inspections and audits of educational standards are conducted by three bodies: Care Commission inspects care standards in pre-school provision; Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Education for pre-school, primary, education, further and community education; with the Scottish office of the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA Scotland) responsible for higher education.>


== Schools in Country ==
== Schools in Country ==


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== Further and Higher education ==
== Further and Higher education ==
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<University of Aberdeen
 
University of Abertay Dundee
Crichton University Campus, Dumfries, shared by the University of Glasgow, the University of the West of Scotland and The Open University
University of Dundee
University of Edinburgh
• Moray House School of Education
Edinburgh Napier University
University of Glasgow
Glasgow Caledonian University
Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh and Galashiels
University of the Highlands & Islands, Inverness (main campus) & across north and western Scotland
• University Marine Biological Station, Millport (shared with the University of Glasgow)
Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh
The Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen
University of St Andrews
University of Stirling, Bridge of Allan
University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
University of the West of Scotland, Ayr, Hamilton, Dumfries and Paisley
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=== Colleges in Country ===
=== Colleges in Country ===


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<Aberdeen College
Adam Smith College
Angus College
Anniesland College
Ayr College
Banff & Buchan College of Further Education
The Barony College
Borders College
Cardonald College
Carnegie College


City of Glasgow College [merger of Glasgow Met, Glasgow Nautical, Central College]
== Education reform ==
Clydebank College
 
Coatbridge College
 
Cumbernauld College
Dumfries & Galloway College
Dundee College
Edinburgh's Telford College
Elmwood College
Forth Valley College


=== Schools ===


Inverness College
James Watt College of Further & Higher Education
Jewel & Esk College
John Wheatley College
Kilmarnock College
Langside College
Lews Castle College
Moray College
Motherwell College
North Glasgow College
Oatridge College
Perth College
Reid Kerr College
South Lanarkshire College
Stevenson College
Stow College
North Highland College
West Lothian College
Orkney College
Shetland College of Further Education
Sabhal Mor Ostaig                               
Newbattle Abbey College


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== Education reform ==




=== Schools ===
http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/understandingthecurriculum/ for details of Scottish secondary curriculum


=== Post-secondary ===
=== Post-secondary ===


== Administration and finance ==
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=== Post-secondary ===
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== Information society ==
== Information society ==
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Post-secondary

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Schools

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