equality of opportunity | when everyone has the same chances | |
selective | selektywna | |
comprehensive | without entering exams | |
schooling | an education received at school | |
elitism | when you favour a small, privileged group | |
inherent in | existing as a basic part of something | |
perpetuate | to make sth continue forever | |
two-tier system | a system with two levels, one of them is better than the other | |
perceive | see, consider | |
better-off | richer | |
well-endowed | receiving a lot of money in grants, gifts etc. | |
depressing | reducing | |
less well-off | poorer | |
excel | achieve an excellent standard | |
literacy | an ability to read | |
one-to-one | one teacher and one pupil | |
to bully somebody | to frighten or threat someone | |
numeracy | an ability to count | |