Report
REPORT
PURPOSE
The purpose of this report is to compare the opinions of Estonian and British students
about education. The report is based on 2 surveys carried out in Estonia and the United
Kingdom.
THE AIM OF CHILDREN’S EDUCATION
As predicted all the Estonian children questioned, think that the main aim of children’s
education is to prepare them for everyday life. Surprisingly 73% of the questioned British
children think that the aim of children’s education is to prepare them for a career. Only
23% of the questioned British think that school prepares them for everyday life. The
result surprised me because it showed that British kids and Estonian kids think very
differently.
THE SCHOOL UNIFORM
Surprisingly, 17% of the questioned Estonian students approved the school uniform, for
me it was surprising that so many approved the school uniform. Predictably, 74% of the
questioned British students approved school uniform, which was expec...