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Education Relies: Cultural Importance. British radio and television broadcasting is of increasing importance in the national culture, and not merely for the continuous news, comment, and light entertainment it provides. Education relies substantially MI closed-circuit television as well as on public service educational programs maintained by both the BBC and independent television. Progressive forms of film and drama have been sponsored by elevision.
About 70 colleges and universities offer programs to train health education teachers, and the profession is growing. Members of the profession feel strongly that health education should not be considered a part of physical education and that physical education should not be a branch of health education. Some high schools now give a half year to physical education and a half year to health instruction.
Forster's Education Act 1870, which heralded compulsory state education, made provision for school boards to ensure attendance but they were not compelled to do so, though later Acts strengthened this aspect. More recent Education Acts, however, have reinstated the right of parents to opt to educate their children 'at home', though this has often been made difficult and met with social and administrative disapprobation. This was enshrined in the Education Act 1944 where the term 'education otherwise' was coined, and again in Section 7 of the Education Act 1996 which states: |
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