Compare and Contrast the Primary Education System in the UK and Germany
INTRODUCTION
Primary education is one of the most important stages in the formal schooling system. This paper surveys primary education in the United Kingdom and Germany from three perspectives: from the point of view of the funding available in these countries for primary level education, on the differences in the teachers’ pay in both the countries and on the similarities and dissimilarities of the curriculum in these countries for this stage.
In the UK, the control over the primary education lies in the hands of the national and central Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF), and to a certain extent local authorities, voluntary bodies and governing bodies of educators also have a certain part of the responsibilities (Riggall & Sharp, 2008).
In Germany, school education is a subject for the 16 individual Länder or federal states and falls under the education departments and policies of each separately. However, there is an overall structure that is the same throughout the country
