The+Scottish+School+System

=**The Scottish school system** =

﻿The Schottish Parlament has the control over the education in Scotland, and the country is divided into 32 Education Authories that are responsible for the education in primary school and secondary school. 

 The compulsory education is from the age of five to the age of 16, in primary and secondary school. The childeren remain at primary school for seven years, and when they are 12 years old, they start secondary school.

 In the students last year of secondary school, when they are 16 years old, they take preliminary exams and standard grade. 

 Around 95 per cent of the Scottish schools are public, and the other five per cent are private.