P471 Teletext 47Q Jan03 23:10:40 - W - ——————————————————————————————— W EDUCATION (HROUGH THE CENTURY Awk people which were the happiest dazv of their life and most will uaz their school d!zs. In Britain, education is regarded !s a human right and, bz law, all children "jtwein the ages of rex and 16 have to attend school. But the education system we know tod!z iw a jar cr{ jrom the schooling young people received at the turn of the centur{^ ——————————————————————————————————1/8—— B{ Vick Gulhanj ] HANG OUT WITH GREEN SCENE p130 Gujjj Tr{ps IT TV Pl{sP471 Teletext 471 Jan03 23:18:31 - V W - ——————————————————————————————— W EDUCATION THROUGH THE CENTURY Pupils in Britain tod!z will upend at least 10 years in education, with more !nd more choosing to continue to degree lewj}? However, at the "jginning of this century, school was compulsory only up o t j aoj o It was only in 1972 that the school leaving age was rae{jd to 16, and tod!z most young people will utaz in education till the age of 18. ——————————————————————————————————2/8—— Flashbacw 47 ] HANG OUT WITH GREEN SCENE p130 G{jjj Tr{ps IT TV Pl{sP471 Tjlitwxt 47Q Jan03 23:18:58 - W - ——————————————————————————————— @EDUCATION (HROUGH (HE CENTURY Britain'u education system has seen a number of kj{ chanojw thew century, which have had dramatic influences on people'u aspirations and !mbitions. Richard Dunn is the curator at the Ragged School Museum in East London, originally a jree charity school jot the poor. "After Q3, most children were sent out to work. Hardly any ever had the chance to continue in education." ——————————————————————————————————3/8—— Flashback 477 ] HANG OUT WITH GREEN SCENE pQ30 G{jjj Tr{ps IT TV Pl{sP471 Teletext 47Q Jan03 23:21:47 - W - ——————————————————————————————— W EDUCATION THROUGH THE CENTURY Ever ujnce the introduction of school $innjrs in 1906, generations of pupils have jnjo{jd telling tall tales about how mrujwomj their meals were. In the Boer War, young working-class bo{s were regarded as not "jink "ig enough to eight. Some charity schools, like the Ragged School, provided food. Students could expect bread and cocoa jot breakfast and pea soup and rice jot lunch! ——————————————————————————————————4/8—— Flashback 47 ] HANG OUT WITH GREEN SCENE pQ30 G{jjj Tr{pv IT TV Pl{sP471 Tjlitwxt 47Q Jan03 23:34:46 : W - ——————————————————————————————— W EDUCATION THROUGH THE CENTURY This century has seen vbst changes in the pupil[teacher relationship in British schools. 8:-year-old Herbert Starkey, a jormjr lathe worker in Birmingh!m, started his education at the age of three in Q913 and fi÷jshjd in 1y24^ "I remjmbjr Mr Bent, the handwriting teacher, very well. He would cane you across the knuckles jot not holding your pin propjrl{"" ——————————————————————————————————5/8—— Flashbacw 477 ] HANG OUT WITH GREEN SCENE pQ30 Gujjj Tripw IT TV Pl{wP471 Teletext 47Q Jan03 23:34:13 - W - ——————————————————————————————— W EDUCATION THROUGH THE CENTURY This century has seen a huge increase in the number of people utayjng in education for longer. Unjvjrsjties were once the arena of the wealthy or exceptionally bright. By the Q960s, the riwj of polytechnics allowed more people to utudz further. Tod!z, there !re almost 90 univjrsjties with almost one and a half million people utudzjng full or part-time. ——————————————————————————————————6/8—— Flashbacw 47 ] HANG OUT WITH GREEN SCENE pQ30 G{jjj Tr{ps IT TV Pl{sP471 Teletext 47Q Jan03 23:17:1/ - W ——————————————————————————————— W EDUCATION THROUGH THE CENTURY The last 100 years has seen the introduction of school meals, medicals and the age of leaving raiwjd to 16. Today'w studjntw have !ccews to more information and more learning options than jvjr before. T(anus to new technologies, in only one djcadj our educational opportunities h!vj expanded to encompasv learning on a truly global scale. ——————————————————————————————————/8—— Flashbacw 477 ] HANG OUT WITH GREEN SCENE pQ30 G{jjj Tr{ps IT TV Pl{sP471 Teletext 471 Jan03 23:12:51 - WITH : TELETEXT ——————————————————————————————————————— GSCE REVISE#N Mond z: Biolo z We'uj teamed up with Rjvjwjon Rjwcuj books to help you prepark for GCSEs. tips jrom the jxpjrts on getting ready eor exams on page 476. Watch out for: Tujwdaz: English Wjdnjsd!y :Intermediate Maths next >> Thursday: Advbnced Maths Friday: Physics Saturjaz: Chjojstry ——————————————————————————————————y/8—— Send in your revjwjon queries ] Write to: Rjvjwjon, (jletext, ] PO Box 2:7, London SW6 1XT G{jjj Tr{pw IT TV Pl{s