Education Reform Act 1988 and Further Education. General Background Information. Information Bank Working Paper Number 2706.

Overview & Synopsis

This paper analyzes the implications of the Education Reform Act of 1988 on further education in Great Britain. The six major sections of the paper examine the following: (1) the sections of the act; (2) major proposals in the Education Reform Act 1988; (3) other general information about the act; (4) summary of further education clauses of the act; (5) impact of the act on further education; and (6) some key issues for further education arising from the Education Reform Act. Three appendixes provide a timetable for implementation of the act, discuss some differences between the Education Reform Act 1988 and the Green Paper "Maintained Further Education: Financing Governance and the Law," and list some acronyms and abbreviations used. (KC)