Difference between education system in th Uk and in Nigeria.

    Education system varies from one country to another, each country of the world adapts the system of education which suits them.this blog will focus on the diferencem between the education system in the Uk and in Nigeria.
    Looking at education system in the Uk, education is compulsory for the age bracket of 5-16 years. It is also the age for entry and exit into the pre-higher education.The pre-higher education comprises of primary and secondary education.The primary education is often the combination of junior and infact school while usually last for 4years while secodary school often lasts a period of 5years in which General certificate of Secondary Education(GCSE) exam will be taken before entering into the higher education, so in the Uk pre-higher education is usually finished between the 16 and 18.  Euroeducation.net(2011). 
     Pupils in a music class in uk   tisc.co.uk(2011)     
    Nevertheless the education system in Nigeria is closely thesame being that Nigeria adapted the British system of education.however some difference still arises when taken a close look, like in Nigeria it can be argued that there is no such thing as compulsory education.children strats primary school at the age of 5-6 which often lasts for a period of 6years before heading to secondary school which often covers a period of another 6years.

kids walking to school in nigeria  news.bbc.co.uk(2011)

                    
    Inconclusion British system of education can be said to almost thesame with the system of education in Nigeria given tha Nigeria adapted the British system of education.
          
              http://www.euroeducation.net/prof/ukco.htm(2011)
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