Scotland

Presentation by Laura Karuks

Capital: Edinburgh

Lagest city: Glasgow

Official language is English and recognised regional languages are Scottish and Gaelic

Monarch is Elizabeth II

First Minister is Alex Salmond

The Government: Scotland is a country which is part of the United Kingdom but it has its own parliament and legislature.

The United Kingdom Parliament retains power over a set list of areas explicitly specified in the Scotland Act 1998 as reserved matters, including, for example, levels of UK taxes, social security, defence, international relations and broadcasting.

Emblem of the Parliament

National symbols:

1. Saltire or St. Andrew's CrossSaint Andrew's Cross or the Saltire, is the national flag of Scotland. It is also, where possible, flown from Scottish Government buildings every day from 8am until sunset, with certain exceptions.

2. Royal Standard for ScotlandScottish Royal Banner of Arms. Used historically by the Kings of Scots. Displaying a red lion rampant, with blue tongue and claws, within a red double border on a yellow background.

St. Andrew`s Cross

Royal Standard for Scotland. Called Lion rampant

Thistle

3. ThistleThistle is the common name of a group of flowering plants characterised by leaves with sharp prickles on the margins, mostly in the family Asteraceae.

4. Scottish kilt

The kilt is a knee-length garment with pleats at the rear, originating in the traditional dress of men and boys in the Scottish Highlands of the 16th century. Since the 19th century it has become associated with the wider culture of Scotland in general, or with Celtic(and more specifically Gaelic) heritage even more broadly. It is most often made of woollen cloth in a tartan pattern

The Scottish education system has always remained distinct from the

rest of United Kingdom, with a characteristic emphasis on a broad

education. Scotland was the first country since Sparta in classical Greece

to implement a system of general public education. Schooling was made

compulsory for the first time in Scotland with the Education Act of 1496;

then, in 1561, the Church of Scotland set out a national program for

spiritual reform, including a school in every parish. Education continued

to be a matter for the church rather than the state until the Education Act

(1872).

There are fifteen Scottish universities, some of which are amongst the

oldest in the world. These include the University of St Andrews, the

University of Glasgow, the University of Aberdeen, the University of

Edinburgh, Heriot-Watt University, the Robert Gordon University, and the

University of Dundee—many of which are ranked amongst the best in the

UK.

Education:

Education:

The University of Glasgow`s main building.

The University of Glasgow is the fourth-oldest university in the English-speaking world and one of Scotland's four ancient universities.

Used Sources:

www. Wikipedia.org

www. google.com

http://www.visitscotland.com/

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