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CHAPTER 5 EDUCATIONAL REFORM IN THEl970's
2 Trends in Educational Reform in Various Major Countries of the World
(2) England and Wales


In England and Wales where the society is extremely traditional, changes in the field of education are also notable.

In terms of elementary education the expansion of nursery schools in poorer areas of big cities and reform of the school system to meet different stages in the development of children are in progress, based on the recommendations of the Plowden Report.

At the level of secondary education such reforms as the elimination of the eleven-plus examination and the organization of comprehensive schools have been made. Curriculum reform and changes in the university entrance examination system are also under consideration.

At the level of higher education in Britain, programs for expansion have been carried out according to the lines of the Robbins Report, the transformation of colleges of advanced technology into technological universities, the establishment of a Council for National Academic Awards to offer degrees to those who finish advanced courses in continuing education, and the shifting of the University Grants Committee into the Department of Education and Science were implemented. New Universities were opened from 1961 to 1965 and the Open University is to be opened in January 1971. Both differ from the traditional universities in the use of television and radio, in curriculum and in the organization of education and research.


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