Primary education in Scotland focuses on breadth of subjects rather than depth, with children attending for 7 years from ages 5-6. Secondary education continues for 4 years with mandatory exams at age 15/16 in 8 subjects including English, math, science and a social subject. Students can then leave school or pursue higher exams, apprenticeships or vocational education. Scotland has many prestigious universities, with the oldest being St Andrews University established in 1413 as the third oldest English-speaking university in the world after Oxford and Cambridge.

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19. Education
• Primary Education
• Education in Scotland is different from elsewhere in the
United Kingdom, in that the focus is on the breadth of subject
matter, as opposed to the depth of education in fewer
subjects. Children may enter primary school between ages 5
and 6 depending on their month of birth, and remain there
for 7 years.

20. Education
Secondary Education
Four years of compulsory education at secondary
school continue. Standard grade examinations at
age 15 / 16 cover 8 subjects, of which English,
mathematics, a science subject and a social subject
are compulsory. As they wish, students may then
either leave school, or remain on to complete their
higher or advanced examination. In certain private
schools they may study A-Levels instead.

21. Education
Vocational Education
Students who have completed their compulsory
standard grade at secondary school, also have
the option of pursuing apprenticeships, or of
enrolling for vocational education at further
education colleges.

22. Education
• Tertiary Education
• There are a large number of high quality and venerable universities
in Scotland. Of these the most ancient is St Andrews, Fife,
established by Papal Bull in 1413 and illustrated here. It is also the
third oldest in the English-speaking world after the Universities of
Oxford and Cambridge.
• The University is also heaped in traditions that include a student
oath in Latin, the wearing of academic dress and 2 University
Chapels one with a full peal of 6 bells. The institution is divided into
4 faculties, namely arts, divinity, medicine and science, each
comprising a number of departments.