LITHUANIAN AND BRITISH EDUCATION
The topic of my speech is education in Lithuania and Great Britain.
Firstly I would like to talk about differences and similarities in both
countries. Schools in Lithuania and in Great Britain aren’t the same. In
both countries children start kindergarten when they have about four years
old. There aren`t a lot of differences in kindergartens of both countries,
whereas in Britain kindergartens are more modern. Children start school at
the age of 7 or if they are bright pupil they start it at age of 6. And so
is in both countries. Practically all schools in Lithuania are
comprehesive. It is the same in Britain, although there some independent
schools. There are some boarding schools in Britain, where children live
and sleep during the term. It isn`t very current thing in Lithuania.
The national Britain curriculum is the group of subjects that must
be taught in England and Wales. There is more different curriculum in
Lithuania. From eleventh form all subjects are biased in this case
sometimes it makes some troubles, you have to choose only that subjects you
needed the most.
Exams are that thing which raises a fear for a lot of students. In
spite of this you cannot escape from them. There are only two exams in
Lithuania : maturity exam in 10th form and exam for school-leavers in 12th
form. Whereas there are a lot of exams in Great Britain. Childrens take