Exam 2: Politics Notepage 8 :British Politics: Elite Education, Elite Civil Service

Lord Butler

the creator of the modern British Education System

Great Britian

higher
Education produces a governing class

2nd lvl of british education system

A Levels 16-17 years old

3rd lvl of british education system

University Exams, 19-20 years old

4th lvl of british education system

Gap Year for those who chose to study for Oxford Cambridge
Exams

Butler's important question

What is the nature of your elite?

5th level of british education system

Oxford and Cambridge Exams, 20-21 years old

6th level of british education system

Oxford and Cambridge University are the elite apex.

Selecting an elite

Main purpose of british education system

True

American higher ed produces a professional middle class: true or false

Butler's philosiphy

"Select the very best, reject the rest"

British Civil Service

a permanent, politically neutral body of government employees responsible for implementing policies and delivering public services, operating under ministers while maintaining impartiality.

Oxford And Cambridge

Elite Great britian universities

The 1944 Education Act

establishing free secondary education for all children and introducing a tripartite system of grammar, technical, and secondary modern schools.

1st lvl of british education system

Elementary School till 12-13 years old, then O Level Exams

1st Rank in british civil service

Junior Grades till age 35. Entry is in mid-twenties

2nd rank in british civil service

Asst. Principal (30s)

3rd rank in british civil service

Principal (40s)

4th rank in british civil service

Assistant Secretary (50s)

5th rank in british civil service

Permanent Under-Secretary (60s). One for each department or
Bureaucracy.

True

True or false: British civil service is a permenant career

Neatrual and permenant

Two characteristics of british civil service

Samuel Pepys

founder and creator of the British Civil Servic

The Cabinet Secretary

Controls the money