Е. А. Огнева Лингвострановедение: британская палитра Учебное пособие
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134 education to blind and deaf children, and made provision for the creation of special schools. The Voluntary Schools Act 1897 provided grants to public elementary schools not funded by school boards (typically Church schools). In the late Victorian period grammar schools were reorgan- ised and their curriculum was modernised, although Latin was still taught. Raising of the school leaving age to 16 (ROSLA) In 1964, preparations began to raise the school leaving age to 16 to be enforced from 1 September 1973 onwards. As well as raising the school leaving age in 1973, the year also saw the in- troduction of the Education (Work Experience) Act, allowing LEAs to organise work experience for the additional final year school students. As of 2007, there are now fewer than 400 Mid- dle Schools across England, situated in just 22 Local Education Authorities. This increased the legal leaving age from 15 to 16, leaving a gap year of school leavers who, by law, had to complete an additional year of education from 1973 onwards. High technology industry (Aerospace, Nuclear, Oil & Gas, Automotive, Power Generation and Distribution etc.) trained its professional engineers via the advanced apprenticeship system of learning - usually a 5 year process. The higher Apprenticeship framework in the 1950's, 60's and 70's was designed to allow young people (16 years) an alternative path to A Levels to achieve an academic qualification at level 4 or 5 NVQ. The Higher Apprenticeship Framework was open to young people who had a minimum of 4 GCE "O" Levels to enroll in an Ordi- nary National Certificate or Diploma or a City & Guilds techni- cian course. For advanced engineering apprenticeships "O" Lev- els had to include Mathematics, Physics, and English language. The advanced apprenticeship framework's purpose was to pro- vide a supply of young people seeking to enter work-based learn- ing via apprenticeships by offering structured high value learning and transferable skills and knowledge. These apprenticeships were enabled by linking industry with local technical colleges and professional Engineering Institutions. |