High School Education Systems (All around the WORLD)

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Education, Education and Education... If you ask the meaning of "Education" to someone who lives somewhere in the world I am sure he or she will have something to say about it and will know how important it is. For example in my country (Turkey) I know some families which neither drink nor eat anything but pay for their children's education.  Even though "Education" is universal, there are many differences about this notorious learning system country by country OR time period by time period. When I wanted to make a research about a country the Encyclopedia or the Website never ever forgot to tell me about that country's education system. Now I would like to give a little bit info for those who are wishing to continue their high school education abroad. Lets start with one of the countries which is famous for its HIGH SCHOOL education:

United Kingdom

In England or United Kingdom there is an effort to educate young students (pupils -British English) at the high schools, the quality of education depends on the type of the high school and students have to pass A Level and GCSE exams in order to go to a College. Some schools in the UK also offers IB (International Baccalaureate) which has the same quality with A Level. I think you are all wondering about the types of high schools in the UK. There are 4 types of schools in England

1) Government Comprehensive Schools: These schools are public schools and usually day students go there. Here are some pictures of this kind of school.

2) Grammar Schools: Academically Grammar Schools are better than Government Comprehensive schools. But they usually don't have any dorms. (GCSE+A level available) Here is a picture of a grammar school.

3) Independent Schools or "Creme de la Creme": These schools are very good academically, socially and they are all boarding & days schools. They value individually and they all offer GCSE and A Levels, some of them also offer IB. There are many extracurricular activities and there is a good security in those schools. However school fees of those schools are very high. Here are some pictures from an Independents school in the UK. NOTE: Next year I will be a Pupil in one of those famous independent schools with full scholarship and bursary. You can see its pictures bellow. :D

4) A Level Colleges: Those schools are for the last 2 years of the high school and for the students who are just want to focus on A Levels and they usually do not have any dorms, but there are some boarding ones too.  Here is a picture of an A Level College:

Advice: If you are living in outside of the UK and have no relatives or friends in the UK and planning to continue high school in the UK, I only suggest Independent Boarding Schools for you. 

Yes, UK can be a great choice for high school education! Actually UK is very famous about education.

Turkey

Lets talk Turkish High School Education System. In Turkey the number of young population is not as small as the young population in the UK, that is why there is more competition and there are more exams. In order a student to enter a good high school he or she has to do very well on the test called "SBS."  I am sure that you are asking "What do you mean by saying 'GOOD'?". Here is the answer: A Good school in Turkey is the school which prepares to students very well to OSS exam which is the university entrance exams. Students go to extra course work in places called "DERSHANE" and some of them take private lessons to get good grades on these exams. Here are the school types: 

1. Antolian High School: (for students who are more interested in Social Sciences, Law, Business; but there are students who go to science or medicine faculty even though there are from Anatolian High Schools. It is hard to compare those schools to a science school, because the exam success varies from school to school. All Anatolian high schools are not in the same quality. No fee is required. Galatasaray Lisesi is a very famous and successful Anatolian High School in Istanbul. Here is a picture of it.

2. Science High Schools: In order to get in those schools students score very high in the SBS Exams. They are more science based and a lot of successful students go to those schools. In the big cities Science High Schools are more qualified. No fee is required

3. Technical Schools: Those schools prepare their students to work and jobs. Students do not have to get very high scores on the SBS exams in order to enter those schools. No fee is required

4. Private High Schools: These schools are very well rounded about extra curricular activities. Some of them good links to USA or UK universities. Some of their education language is either English or French or German or Italian. Some of those schools have very good OSS results some of them don't it varies school by school. School fee is required.

NOTE: I assure you that getting into a top high school in Turkey is a big deal.

USA

In the US there are two types of high schools. It is simple: Private Schools and Public Schools. In the public schools class number do not exceed 25 people.There is a program called AP (Advanced Placement). Students who are willing to attend a College on a specific subject should do at least one AP in one subject. My cousin does AP. He lives in the States. In high schools extra curricular is very important. All students should at least have one hobby.

WE KNOW THAT HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION IS VERY IMPORTANT BUT DO NOT FORGET THAT HIGH SCHOOL LIFE IS IMPORTANT TOO AND YOU WILL NOT BE A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT AGAIN. AS A RESULT SPEND YOUR HIGH SCHOOL YEARS WITH FULL OF JOY, SUCCESS AND HAPPINESS!!!!!!!!! ;-)

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