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Education in the Falkland Islands starts with childcare for babies, all the way to lifelong learning for adults. It broadly follows the English education system.
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Education in the Falkland Islands starts with childcare for babies, all the way to lifelong learning for adults. It broadly follows the English education system.
The Infant and Junior School and Camp Education teach 3 to 11 years olds (Foundation Stage to Year 6). The Infant and Junior School is in central Stanley and is a 2 form entry primary school. Camp Education has 2 rural schools in Fox Bay Village and in Goose Green, both schools have a full-time teacher who teaches children in a mixed-age group. Children, up to Year 5, who are living at farms which are too far from either Stanley or settlement schools are taught by travelling teachers and by phone lessons with a teacher.
The Falkland Islands Community School caters for ages 11 to 16. Older children can board in a hostel in Stanley so they can attend school there. [1]
All teachers are trained in the UK or other English-speaking countries. There is also a primary school at RAF Mount Pleasant that mainly serves the children of members of the British armed forces. [2] Some primary aged children who live in "camp" (the local term for the countryside) are educated remotely. In 2021 this Camp Education system celebrated its 125th anniversary. [3] [4]
There are no post-secondary institutions on the Falklands, and therefore post-secondary studies would require travel to the UK or beyond. The Falkland Islands Government pays for qualified 16- to 18-year-olds to go overseas to study. Typically until recent years students went to England to take A-level courses at Peter Symonds College, Winchester, England (which houses a Falkland Islands funded boarding house named Falkland Lodge) [5] or to attend Chichester College to acquire National Diplomas or NVQs. [1] In 2005 principal Neil Hopkins described the college as "the official sixth-form college for the Falkland Islands". [6] . In recent years fewer students have attended Peter Symonds, and it has become more common for students to choose other schools and colleges, usually in the UK but also in Gibraltar and in New Zealand. Students receive funding from Falkland Islands Government if they have a minimum of five GCSE passes at grade 4 or higher.
The government also funds higher and further education courses for over-18s, also usually in the UK, for suitably qualified students.
Almost all return to the Falkland Islands after they have completed their education and gained experience in their chosen field. [7]
There is a small adult education college and training centre in Stanley, called Falkland College. It moved into a new building during 2020. It offers vocational courses, including via distance learning. [8] [9] The college includes a library called the Christie Community Library.
The Falkland Islands currently has three primary means of transport - road, sea and air. However, in 1946, when Sir Miles Clifford arrived as governor, there were no air services, no roads outside Stanley and an indifferent sea service. Sir Miles was instrumental in starting the Falkland Islands Government Air Service in December 1948. The inaugural flight involved a mercy flight from North Arm Settlement to Stanley to bring a girl with peritonitis to life-saving medical help in Stanley. There is now an international airport, a domestic airport, a number of airstrips, a growing road network and a much-improved ferry service between the two main islands.
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