After finishing the 9th form one can go on to a vocational school which offer programmes of academic subjects and a programme of training in a technical field, or a profession.

After finishing the 11th form of a secondary school, a lyceum or a gymnasium one can go into higher education. All applicants must take competitive exam. Higher education institution, that is institutes or universities, offer a 5-years programme of academic subjects for undergraduates in a variety of fields, as well as a graduate course and writes a thesis, he or she receives a candidates degree or a doctoral degree.

Higher educational establishments are headed by Rectors. Protectors are in charge of academic and scientific work. An institute or a university has a number of faculties, each specializing councils which confer candidate and doctoral degrees.

The system of higher and secondary education in Ukraine is going trough a transitional period. The main objectives of the reforms are: to decentralize the higher education system, to develop a new financial mechanism, to give more academic freedom to faculties and students. All secondary schools, institutes and universities until recently have been funded by the state. Now there is quite a number of private fee-paying primary and secondary schools, some universities have fee-paying departments.

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5. Used Literature:

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Contents

1. Educational System in Great Britain

· Types of Schools

· British Schools

· Universities and Colleges in Great Britain

2.Educational System in the USA

· General Pattern of Education in the USA

· Elementary Schools, High Schools and Institutions of Higher learning

· Higher Education Institutions

· Private and State Colleges

3. Educational System in Ukraine

4. Results of Interrogation in Our Class

5. Used Literature

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