Education in Russia and in Britain

Education plays a critical role in determining social status of a person in his country. People who don’t get enough education can find only unskilled job. Looking at educational institutions in Britain and in Russia, we can find different and same points. In Britain children start going to school at five and continue studying until they are sixteen or older. Compulsory education in Russia is from seven years of age and lasts for nine years. Graduates of this level may continue their education for two more years at senior high school or go to a college for vocational training. Most children in England as well as in Russia having finished secondary school have the same choice. Those who stay at school for two more years in Britain then take three A-level exams (in three different subjects) in order to get a place at university.