Seven-year-olds to learn foreign languages in England
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School children as young as seven in England will have to learn a foreign language, the government announced Monday after a report said it must try harder to boost the country's poor linguistic skills.
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Pupils in Wales have a GCSE pass rate of almost 98% - outperforming youngsters in England and Northern Ireland.
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Â· Study of seven-year-olds shows wide gender gap Â· Conservatives accuse ministers of complacency
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The proportion of primary school pupils with English as a second language has risen by 73% in a decade.
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Ministers are reportedly rethinking their decision to make language study in England optional from age 14.
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Welsh public spending plans for the next three years show big increases in health and education for 3-7-year-olds.
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Children&#39;s brains are hard-wired to learn languages and, in some cases, to improve upon them. That&#39;s the conclusion of a new study that followed several generations of
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Cookery lessons are to be compulsory in England's secondary schools for the first time, ministers decide.
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Foreign Office to launch public relations offensive in the spring targeted at British and foreign youth
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More than 15,000 of Northern Ireland's primary seven children will find out their 11-plus grade later.
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Maltese school children are learning Italian rather than French, as their second language, figures released by the National Statistics Office showed on Wednesday.
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Premier Gordon Brown Thursday pledged to make English the world's "language of choice", announcing a huge programme to boost teaching and access to resources, particularly in China and India.
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All young people in England will have a chance to study the International Baccalaureate, the government says.
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The number of students who applied for university courses in England has risen by over 7%,  figures show.
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Standards in basic maths and reading among seven-year olds in England show no improvement, while fewer attain expected writing skills.
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Pupils will have to master their times tables by the age of eight, the government says.
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All pupils in England are to get lessons in how to deal with their emotions under a new government scheme.