edu 304 - comparative education - National Open University of Nigeria

elementary education in England was not only tuition free but it is also
compulsory for all the children who are within the age of 5 and 14 years.
3.3.3 (b) Secondary School
This school was designed for children who have already
completed the elementary education. It is designed for children whose
parents are rich enough to pay the school fees. Unlike elementary
education, it is not compulsory at all. Secondary education after
graduation offers the products clerical jobs among others.
3.3.4 (c) Preparatory and Public Schools
These schools were very expensive and were meant for children of
the upper class (the Aristocrats). These preparatory and public schools
gave birth to the establishment of both the University of Oxford and the
Cambridge University.
Types of Schools in England
The following types of schools are in existence in England.
3.3.5 (a) Nursery Education
A nursery school is school designed for children aged 3-5 years.
Nursery school also serves as a temporary home for the children whose
parents are working. Nursery education can be dated back to 1850,
through the efforts of Friedrich Frobel as well as Maria Montessori.
It should be noted that day-nurseries where the children of
working parents are kept are not the same thing as nursery school. The
reason is that, real nursery education is for the children aged 3-5 years
and it is also part of the school system. It is tuition free. The Hadow
Report of 1933 and Plowden report of 1967 greatly enhanced the
development and improvement of nursery education in England.
3.3.6 Primary Education
The Balfour-Morant Act of 1904 gave the following as the
objectives of primary education in England.]
(a) Recognising the child from 7-11 is a total being whose character,
intelligence as well as physical abilities are moulded and
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