Education in the United Kingdom

In order to gain the information needed to overhaul its national curriculum and school system, Great Britain conducted a major study during the early 1990s which was released in 1993. That study, completed by the United Kingdom National Commission on Education, advanced a number of different recommendations about the design and development of the school system.

In looking at the primary years, the report recommended changes in the design of the curriculum. It indicated that younger students should be studying more of the basics, or fundamentals, and recommended a reduction in noncore subjects for this age group.

However, during the late secondary years, the report recommended the opposite movement for students. It recommended that 1416yearold students be granted more freedom of choice to take noncore subjects, assuming that much of the basic material had been mastered during the elementary school years.

Most of the pressure on the education system in the United Kingdom comes from economic competitors in Europe, rather than from Asia or North America. It is generally France and Germany th

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