In Russia children begin going to school at the age of
seven. First they study at the elementary school. It lasts three or four years.
At the elementary school children get the elementary education, they learn to
read, write and count. From the fifth form the secondary education begins.
Children begin learning different subjects, such as Literature, Chemistry,
Physics, Biology, Computing, Foreign Languages and soon. The nine-year
secondary education is compulsory in our country, but after completing the
nine-year schooling pupils face the first serious decision in their lives. They
have to decide either to continue their studies in the tenth and eleventh forms
at a general secondary school, or to transfer to specialised colleges, that is
to say, choose a particular career. Colleges give young people a secondary
education plus trade training. This means that after finishing a college they
are both educated and financially independent, able to go straight to a job.
Except general secondary schools there are a lot of
specialised schools, where more attention is paid to a particular subject,
mostly to a foreign language. Besides, the-re are many private schools now,
where the education is not free of charge.
After finishing school or college young people may
enter institute or university to get the higher education. After finishing the
fourth course they get the bachelor's degree and after graduating from the
higher educational establishment — the master's degree.
To study is not an easy thing, of course, but nowadays
it is quite necessary to be highly skilled and educated specialist.
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