Education in Britain - Homeschooling

When it comes to education, the majority of people believe that education is a lifetime study. As we know, the British education has a long history. It has many advantages, such as tradition and full range. The structure is perfect and the quality of education is the best of the world.

There is a big event happen in 1992. The British government promulgates a decree to the people. This decree regulate that all the multidisciplinary technical colleges renamed University. The university can grant the degree to the students which graduated from the schools and finished all the courses. At the same time, the degree-granting committee has lost its functions. According to their nature and situation of the degree-granting, the university can be divided into different types. At present, there are 90 universities and 123 colleges. Also there are 50 higher education schools.

There are many differences between the university and the college. The university is independent and it can set up different courses as it wants. When the students finish the courses, the university can grant the degree to the students. According to the level of the courses, the degree can be divided into different types, such as bachelor, master and doctorate degrees. The college is smaller than the university. It can provide many courses to the students. It focuses to the quality of the course and pays more attention to the students. When the students graduate from the college, the college will grant the diploma to the students and confirm that they have passed all the examination of the courses.

The British academic year can be divided into three terms. The first term start at September and the second is at January. The third term start at April. As we discussed in class, British education relies heavily on public funds. The British government grants many schools and help people to finish their courses in the school. This policy helps the citizens to improve their knowledge and abilities. More and more people go to school and enrich themselves in the study. The more knowledge they learn the more life chance they get. They can earn more money to improve their life condition. Also, no all the school are public funds, there are lots of school indecent and uncontrolled by the government.

There is an interesting type of schooling in Britain. It is named homeschooling. It means that people did not need to go to school and they can study at their home. This type of study has lots of advantages. Every child is different and each of them has their own gift. If they go to school and accept the same education from the teacher, they may become the perfect student as the teacher want. They know how to speak and how to write. But on the other hand, they lost their own gift. They accept the same education and learn the same skill. If they study in their home, they parents know how to teach their own child, they will arrange their homework and tell them how to learn more. Another advantage is the quality. The child was the only student in the family but not the only one student in the class. The quality of the teaching will improve. The student can learn more and more.

Despite many obvious advantages of the homeschooling, it is not without its disadvantages. Because the parents are not the Professional teachers, so they don’t know whether if the courses will acceptable for the child. Some parents may fall to teach the child if they do not truly understand the topic of the course.