Education in England

Education is compulsory for all children aged between 5-16 years. ‘Every child matters’ is the slogan on which their compulsory education stands. 94% of children avail free education from State schools. Independent schools cater to the needs of those who can afford to pay for it. The government is proposing to increase compulsory education up to the age of 18 years. After the compulsory education two more years of sixth form study makes the students eligible for University education leading to the graduate study of 3 years and post graduate study of 2 years and doctorate study of 3 years. Specialist courses in Education, Law, Medicine and Business Management also are available and will be on fees payable basis.
Some of the world’s best institutions like the Oxford University, Cambridge University, Imperial College, London school of economics, King’s college, University of London, University of Edinburgh, St. Andrew’s university are among the 250 universities and university level institutions make education available to those who want it across the globe.
Dropping out of schools is viewed seriously and parents of the students are liable to pay heavy penalties. Bullying in schools is a challenge to the authorities responsible for implementing the compulsory education. Social behaviour is a subject on which they are laying great stress now as the anti-social cycle is causing problems like bullied children, frightened neighbourhoods, repressed communities and victims of criminality.
Proper parenting of the children goes a long way in setting the right course for imparting education to the children. Home is the first school and parents are the first teachers to the children. It is imperative to realise that child-adult- parent-family cycle built, grown and maintained with the best ideology will be the best tribute to any society. Any society as it exists now is a combination of good and evil co-existing. All societies want to eliminate the evil and increase the good as much as possible. Here the welfare of the society covers individual welfare. Though a welfare society can not be created with an act of parliament, it can be inculcated and introduced into the ethos of the society with the help of social groups taking ample support from the government of the land. If we are clear about the cost we are paying because of an unruly member in the society, it can easily be assimilated to enable us to invest more in the inculcation of good practices in our children. With the help of a good number social groups consisting of retired/ aged/ interested members, programmes can be arranged for public participation and enlighten them about the need to fight selfishness amongst us and teach such qualities to their children. Some subjects teaching that all members in God’s creation merit equal treatment with regard to distribution of wealth and facilities in the society create the right basic frame work on which a healthy welfare super structure where all can live peacefully can be built.
The best behaviour of the parents as individuals and as couple begins to give rise to the best seeding. Post- natal care involves hygienic upbringing, creation of happy environment in the house. As the child grows the parents have to ensure giving the right kind of love in right dimension- as more show of love may pamper the child. The child has to be told stories involving our heroes of men and women. That will be the foundation for the understanding of correct inter-personal values and establishment of relations in the child’s mind. The root cause for most of the ills is selfishness. The moment a person understands that he has to share the bounty of the earth with several of his brothers and sisters living along with him, there is no problem at all.