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Unit 2

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  • existing as a basic part of something
    inherent in
  • money that students can borrow from a bank while studying and then pay back once they are in work
    student loans
  • one teacher and one pupil not a group
    one-to-one
  • achieve an excellent standard
    excel
  • poorer
    less well-off
  • education for children who camnot learn in the normal way because they have some disability
    special needs education
  • list of schools or colleges from the best down to the worst
    league tables
  • when everyone has the same chances
    equality of opportunity
  • threatening behavior
    bullying
  • takes attention away
    distraction
  • the three Rs
    reading writing arithmetics
  • adult students older than the average students
    mature students
  • ability to read
    literacy
  • money given to pay for studies usually provided on the basis of need
    bursaries
  • a system with two selected levels, one of which is better than the other
    two-tier system
  • make something continue
    perpetuate
  • advice on how something should be done
    guidelines
  • education for all ages
    lifelong/continuing education
  • students doing a first degree
    undergraduates
  • when you favor a small privileged group
    elitism
  • sees, considers
    perceives
  • reducing
    depressing
  • receiving a lot of money in grants, gifts from rich people
    well-endowed, endowments
  • money given to pay for studies usually provided on the basis of academic merit
    scholarships
  • pupils are chosen for entry usually for academic reasons like private schools parents ability to pay school fees maybe a factor in selection
    selective schooling
  • schanges to what is covered in the national syllabus/plan of what is to be studied
    curriculum reform
  • ability to count/ do basic maths
    numeracy
  • money paid to receive teaching
    tuition fees
  • education a university or college level
    tertiary
  • richer
    better-off
  • education at school
    schooling
  • everyone enters without exams and education is free paid by government
    comprehensive schooling