Schools and Universities
Education, Education, Education. Article 16 says it three times, so nobody misses it. Free, secular and compulsory from four to eighteen, and free after that at every college and university in the Republic.
At a glance
- Responsible minister
- Simone Bilbao MHP, Chief Swot for the Island
- Compulsory education
- Ages 4 to 18
- Tuition fees
- None, at any level
- Fee-paying schools
- Prohibited
- Exchange programme
- The Sid Scheme
No buying your way in
No fee, no gift, no legacy and no knowing somebody buys a place anywhere. Fee-paying schools are prohibited: the State’s job is to give everyone the best education going, regardless of ability to pay (Article 16).
What every child learns
Every child in the Republic is taught what Managed Decline was, what happened at Hillsborough, what happened in Toxteth, and how all three were reported at the time. Under the Sixteenth Amendment these subjects are taught factually and objectively, so students can reach their own conclusions from the evidence.
Ringo Bay University
The island’s university is home to a celebrated school of computer science, whose graduates include the Comptroller of Secrets, and the medical school attached to Ringo Bay Teaching Hospital.
The Sid Scheme
Named after the Liverpool-born neurosurgeon Professor Sid Watkins (1928–2012), Formula One’s long-serving medical chief, the Sid Scheme sends Dinglese students to study at the University of Liverpool (the Uni Of), Liverpool John Moores and Liverpool Hope. They come home wiser than they left.
Page last reviewed: 29 October 2029