From age 11 children in the UK go to school until aged 16, they then face the choice of continuing with further education or engage in full time employment.
Further education involves attending a College on a daily basis subject to attaining the requisite standard of education from their previous school.
A level standard is the standard of education pursued at a college leading to qualification to go even further by attending university.
An A level course is usually supplemented by peripheral subjects like
General Studies.However the core subjects will be pertinant to the course being studied.
Take Electronic Engineering, core subjects are likey to be Electronic Priciples with Maths being a strong supporting subject.
One project, as a minimum, is likely to be undertaken and be presented at the end of the course, however continual assessment is part of the overall course and carries a high percentage when applied to awarding final achievement.
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